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Nutthin' to FRET about... Stringed instruments have been around for thousands of years. Typically, all have a neck where the musician can press up or down the smooth fingerboar...	546	6	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 19
Confirmed... Some people don't work on Saturday, but today The Senate confirmed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court....	448	0	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 15
SPUTNIK... On October 4th, 1957 Russia launched a satellite into Earth's orbit. Named Sputnik, this satellite transmitted beeping radio signals that could be det...	933	3	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 24
TRACES: Steve Perry... Steve Perry best known as front man for the rock group JOURNEY from 1977 to 1987 also spawned a solo career in the 80's and 90's and left the music sc...	444	0	0	Aug 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 22
Judging a judge... I'm holding back on all the blogs and news stories about Kavanaugh. There isn't anything I could say or do that would influence another persons opinio...	693	10	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	13 hrs ago
Rear window family stickers... It started out pretty harmless... Stickers representing a dad, mom, 2 kids and a dog attached to the rear window of their SUV. The social calling card...	1,293	4	0	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	10 hrs ago
Rock musicians hand gestures... I cannot recall what cool cultural sign Americans made prior to the 1960's 'peace sign' but I do know that singer Ronnie James Dio popularized the 'si...	490	0	0	Oct 2018	Oct 2018	Apr 24
I prefer a condo that someone hasn't died in... I'm on again shopping for a condo near my office. One development has units in the right price range but the mandatory annual club membership at $70,0...	484	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19

Possible side effects... I sometimes 'go off on a tangent' reading medical reports and studies on medicines. I have no desire to be a pharmacist but it intrigues me how pharma...	505	10	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	46 mins ago
Bill Cosby's new apartment... On Tuesday, actor Bill Cosby had moved to a new apartment at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. He was found guilty of 3 counts of aggravate...	608	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	8 hrs ago
Winter or Summer... On the subject of relationships... with the exception of a relation that goes stale, as long as things are going good and there are no conflicts, rela...	387	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19
Remembering John Bonham... John was the drummer of the legendary rock group LED ZEPPELIN. Born on May 31st, 1948 and died September 25th 1980. That was 38 years ago today. When...	407	4	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 15
Teaching new dogs old tricks... Most of the people I work with have been in cabinet manufacturing more than 30 years and it's rare to see some 'new blood' entering into this field. M...	389	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	4 hrs ago
Get out your Moon Cakes... It's time to get out your Moon Cakes and celebrate the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. From what I've read, the Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most i...	1,214	4	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 15
Harvest Moon... The moon followed me home last night. Very bright and lots of spots where it peeked through the clouds. I stopped to shoot a few pictures but my cellp...	488	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 24
How to improve your driving in 3 easy steps... 1) say "I'll call you back later" 2) press the red button once 3) rest your cellphone on the passengers seat. It cannot get much easier than that...	435	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 24
Howling... it's a full moon! Yesterday was the first day of Autumn and tomorrow will be the Harvest Moon. Pumpkins have arrived at the grocery stores. Halloween is just around the...	566	8	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 23
Product reviews: love or hate... I wanted to buy a new lawn mower last year. This is not the first time I've purchased a mower and knew what I didn't want. So, I checked online and fo...	461	8	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 22
Faces & Places... but what's his name? My dad could forget your name as quickly as you introduce yourself, but he would remember your face, the place, the car you drove and...	422	6	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	13 hrs ago
Junque... Little by little I've been downsizing to buy a condo or move into a rented apartment close to my job and rent out my house to offset the expenses....	492	4	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	13 hrs ago
Music... Some people cannot work without music and some people cannot work with it. I get that, but I'm paid to do a job and music in the workplace is often a...	378	0	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	10 hrs ago

Junior... I was around 7 years old when my family moved from New York to Miami. Life here was pretty simple. My neighborhood was a place where you didn't always...	519	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19
Cough, cough... It was uncle Jason's 93rd birthday and we all gathered around a cake to celebrate. He got out of the hospital just last week as his Emphysema was gett...	405	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 21
Downwind from a steakhouse... I usually leave my office between 7:30 and 8pm (read: diner time) and have to travel a few main roads to get to the highway. This puts me past a mall...	489	3	1	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19
Different roads: Some take longer... I was formulating a blog the other day and wrote on a 'sticky note' the speed or length of different roads in life and not necessarily ones you drive...	402	1	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	13 hrs ago
On this date in history: Jimi Hendrix... On September 18, 1970 Jimi Hendrix died in London England. Life was short for Jimi who left this world at the age of 27, but the music he created insp...	565	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 25
Florence is headed to North Carolina... Born off the West coast of Africa, Florence had a small beginning that looked like it would head up the Atlantic Ocean and eventually fizzle out. That...	659	12	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 24
Things that annoy me #42,067... I'm shopping for a condo and called the realtor from one of the listings I'm interested in. She apologized as the property was sold and neglected to n...	594	5	1	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 25
She loved being in the Limelight... As a kid, every few years we would travel back to New York to visit family and I remember family taking trips to Florida to visit us. I have a girl...	533	5	0	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 22
Whacked... As predicted, Hurricane Florence made landfall at the North Carolina shore in the early hours Friday with 90 mph winds. Only 2 days ago, the storm was...	396	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19
Outdoor Media 101... I do lots of driving in my job and most of it is on the highway. As much as 40% of the billboards are electronic and change advertisements every few s...	463	3	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	12 hrs ago

I sold the car and riding a horse now so stop calling me... Somebody must have passed out my phone number to a service who is trying to get me to buy an extended warranty. Six calls came through today with the...	481	7	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	12 hrs ago
Like... you know? People say the word 'like' too often in a sentence and sometimes it's followed by 'you know' Expect 'an-duh' or uhh... to be part of that too. People...	404	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	12 hrs ago
Credit Card Skimmers... Crime doesn't pay or so they say... If you don't get caught it probably does pay and that's why so many scammers are making careers out of cheating pe...	533	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
Dad... I was inspired by Imp's blog about 'I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM' and weeks later I'm getting to actually do the blog. My dad...	534	5	1	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 15
Bluesy... I had a carpenter scheduled to replace some wood fascia this morning, but he cancelled at the last minute citing, the rainy weather we had all week pu...	398	2	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 17
This blog is radioactive... C'mon in... don't be afraid. I got my first radio in the 1960's it was a transistor unit slightly larger than a pack of cigarettes and ran off a 9 vo...	528	4	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 20
The Jig is up... The jig (a jig) is a lively Irish folk dance accompanied by a tune. Tunes differ from songs as they usually have no lyrics. Literally, the jig is up w...	553	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	12 hrs ago
an unwanted promotion... I'm coming up on the anniversary to a promotion I received 2 years ago that I really didn't want. The plan was that I would leave sales and create...	519	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 16
TRUST... You can quote me on this: "Don't always trust the advice of someone who has a vested interested in the decisions you make." Typically, it's someone...	3,778	4	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 24
Songs about D R U G S... Long before I was born, people were writing songs about drugs. Due to censorship many had hidden meanings. The 1960's changed all that. The first I ca...	509	1	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	Apr 19
Skinning Cats... If I had a dollar for every time someone told me "There's more than one way to skin a cat" I'd be retired and living off the profits of my investments...	670	5	0	Sep 2018	Sep 2018	6 hrs ago

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