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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Have yourself a merry little Christmas Tree

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I love putting up my Christmas tree.  Actually, I love having the kid who delivers it on a bicycle put it in the stand for me. What I actual...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

It's not too late to shop the N-M Christmas catalog

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The Neiman Marcus Christmas Book has always been pretty appalling, what with all those unaffordable, unattainable, totally fanciful items Bu...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Talk about return to sender

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'Tis the season when even people who never get packages get packages. USPS. Amazon. UPS. FedEx. (Especially Amazon.)  They're stoppi...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Hills Are Alive, with the sound of nuns escaping

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Throughout my Catholic childhood, we were regularly encouraged by the nuns and priests to pray for a vocation (where vocation, of course, me...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Happy 67 to you. (Or is it 23 skidoo?)

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I'm so out of it, until I saw that Dictionary.com chose 67 as its Word of the Year for 2025 , I'd never even heard it. Variously wri...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Johnny we hardly knew ya!

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There's a pub not far from where I live called the 21st Amendment, afer the amendment that provided for the repeal of prohibition. It...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The good news is that the LPGA is attracting more fans...

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The good news for fans of women's sports is that players and teams are growing in popularity. And it's not just women and little gir...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Aye aye, admiral. (Ay-ay-ay-ay!)

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Admiral Robert Burke was all set for a nice little old retirement for himself. Alas, Burke -  once the second-in-command of the US Navy -  g...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

The FIFA Piece of Crap Prize

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I don't know much of anything (i.e., nothing) about  Maria Corina Machado, other than that she's the leader of Venezuela's democ...
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Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Memo to the Toy Hall of Fame: Let It Snow!

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Each year, I like to take a look at the toys nominated for entry into the National Toy Hall of Fame, which is housed in the Strong National ...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Dr. Who? Dr. What?

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In October, I received a form letter from my primary care physician, announcing that she was leaving her internal medicine practice to becom...
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Thursday, November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving 2025

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A couple of years ago, I did a post listing the things in life that I'm thankful for. Here's a slightly updated version: Thankful fo...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Betcha can't eat just one

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Seriously, who doesn't like potato chips? There are plenty of food items you can't eat just one of: Oreos, M&Ms, and peanuts, fo...