Category: Everyday Stories
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From One Generation to the Next, the Quest Continues
H.o.p. reports it takes 307 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
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In Which I get Justice John G. Roberts’ Number Pegged
I was reading on another blog a post asking if readers’ kids had watched the inauguration and events at school. The most common reply was yes, they’d taken a 1/2 hour out of studies and they saw nothing wrong with it as it’s history. A half hour? Hell, we took the whole day. We started…
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We’re Going to Need Some Good Music During the Long Walk Back
Yesterday afternoon I spent quite a long time talking on the phone to an old friend who lives half this continent away while H.o.p. was with Marty touring the Jim Henson exhibit at the Atlanta History Center. She was adamant I bring up NPR on the radio and listen to the concert at the Lincoln…
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Here you are, a weird thing I learned via Yoga
How this came about, I don’t know really, and though it works for me it may not work for anyone else, and though it has worked for me now a number of times over the past few months, it may not work for me in the future. But it has worked for me every time…
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Say the Words First
Yesterday, I posted Mark Harper’s altar song to Sweet Marie. Today I had planned to post “Love Is”. Great song. Then I thought I would post the “Welcome to the Land of Milk and Honey” song. But then I decided I’d instead post “Say the Words First” because it’s a rare song that makes you…
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The altar to Sweet Marie
Marty’s been in the studio recording with singer/songwriter Mark Harper. The dream world we’re coerced into inhabiting from the moment we draw breath is a seriously screwed up place. I’ve known this for years, since I was old enough to sit on a potty chair, and have a lot of experience with the fact that…
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Happy Holidays to our Friends and Family and, well, Every Dang Body (the holiday card post)!
In case you’re wondering, I found an old Russian card and modified it. Let’s see…
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What my iPhone saw
I was shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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Before you bother considering whether a glass is half empty or half full, you should first ask what's in it
H.o.p. wanted to hear Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata” so I went to Youtube where I knew I could find a few versions fast and quick. Over in the side bar was a video titled, “Pachelbel Canon in D Major Perfect Version”. I’ve heard plenty of versions I don’t like and a few that I do. I…
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An All Natural, Organic, Folk Holiday Music Offering from the Kearns
Inspiration struck upon hearing Nuttin’ for Christmas last night. We’d no idea it existed and if you aren’t familiar then I suggest you go take a listen at the above link before proceeding, because… I promptly came up with my own all natural, organic, folk holiday version, got Marty to play guitar, and off-the-top of…
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Holiday Spirity (update: now with video!)
Courtesy Pandora Internet Radio we’ve had mucho Christmas music around here the past few days. If you look for “Holiday” in their genre stations, they offer choices of Christmas blues, jazz, rock, classical, folk, Motown, R&B/pop, swingin’, country and peaceful. We’ve mostly stuck with the folk option, but today created a station that will hopefully…
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"Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords"
I’ve just finished reading Death Falcon Zero vs. the Zombie Slug Lords. I’m not going to lie. At first I was eager to read the graphic novel, but I had certain set expectations and a couple of pages in my eagerness was replaced by anxiety (wait, not a good way to start a review, but…