What is that stuff?

            When I was a little kid I went to 2 different one room schools, and I remember we sang a song that went, “mammy’s little baby loves shortnen’ bread.” If I remember right, isn’t shortening kind of like – lard? I can’t imagine anybody’s little baby loving something like that.

  

Through the eyes of a child:

            About 6 years ago, my (then) eight year old grandson was “helping” me with a construction project. He was pounding nails into a section of subfloor. What he lacked in skill, he was more than making up for in vigor and zeal. Nails are cheap, but Jack’s help is invaluable. You never know when hanging with grandpa may not be nearly as cool as hanging with his buddies. You should have seen his eyes when I scored a sheet of drywall and snapped it off. You’d have thought that I had just invented chocolate.

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That’s not right:

            While watching a basketball game, Avon asked about the Virginia coach but couldn’t think of his name. She said that young, good-looking kid. I said, “Yeah, Tony something. You know like the singer (Tony Bennet).” She asked, “Tony Sinatra?” That didn’t sound right. “No.” I said, “Tony Soprano.” I knew that was wrong, but I’m not going to be the one to tell Tony Soprano he wasn’t right.

Money talks:

            I was getting my change from a recent purchase, and as the $1 bills were being counted, out I couldn’t help noticing how much like works of art they were. I thought about the other denominations, and I remembered they were all that way at one time. They were so well done and with such precision that each value was worthy of being framed and hung in art galleries. Technology has made counterfeiting so available to so many that the bills are now loaded with gimmicks. It’s a shame that the one bill has remained pristine, but it isn’t worth anything, and the others all look like circus posters.

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Unlikely combination:

            One of Avon’s friends (I can’t remember which one it was) told her about a restaurant in Indiana that served oatmeal with ice cream. So, of course we had to try it – and you should. Just take a steaming bowl of oatmeal (microwave variety is fine), and drop a healthy scoop of any flavor ice cream in it. Then use a small spoon because you’ll want to make it last as long as possible.

How long is too long?

            One of the first times I heard John Denver sing “Country Road Take Me Home” was back in the ‘70s. I don’t remember what TV show it was on, but I remember it was on a small screen and it was in black and white. I also remember in those primitive TV days, you never saw a pregnant woman on the little screen. When John stepped out on stage to sing his chart topping hit, he was accompanied by his co-writers… a husband and wife team, and she was pregnant. It was a TV first as far as I’ve been able to learn.

            That has stuck with me all these 40 years since, and every time I hear the song, I wonder if she’s still pregnant.

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 A Fine Kettle of Fish – Hickory Jack – Blue – Ace High – Blue Norther – Cain

–  One Man Standing – And  available Now – Rubio

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Mind refreshment:

            Every now and then, my thinking gets a little stale. When this happens I usually take my mind out, lay it on the deck and hose it down with cold water. It will shake off the excess water and bask in the sun to dry. Then it will disappear for several days, and when it returns it is full of brand new thinking. I don’t know where it goes, but it comes back happy and refreshed.

Just a thought:

            The moment we stop growing, we start dying. I’ve given this several minutes of thought, so it’s not just one of my flippant comments. Looking around, one can see that it pertains to almost everything animal, vegetable, or mineral. It pertains to businesses, communities, mule deer, oak trees, and etc…etc. Even the very planet we live on is in a dying stage. No new mineral deposits are being created, and our core is cooling. The only thing I can see that defies this trend is Government. The more a government expands the more self destructive it becomes.

            We cannot stop our own dying process, but we can slow it down. When physical growth has stopped, and fewer replacement cells are being made, we can still grow intellectually. So make an effort to keep your mind growing – it could be of some value.

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 A Fine Kettle of Fish – Hickory Jack – Blue – Ace High – Blue Norther – Cain

–  One Man Standing – And  available Now – Rubio

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The unseen and the unheard:

            I have always believed in the things that I couldn’t see. Spooks, spirits, pixies, leprechauns, and of course Angels are as real to me as rush hour traffic. I had a co-worker once who felt quite differently. He not only didn’t believe in what he couldn’t see but he didn’t believe in silent letters either. He would pronounce every letter in every word. For instance, Creighton University was Creig-hu-ton to him. I used to crack up when he would say, “Lou, you hav-e a p-hone call.” We never let him talk to anyone outside the department.

They don’t make ‘em like that anymore:

            When I was in the early grades, we were all worried that the Russions would attack us with Atomic bombs. In school we would have air-raid drills and have to get under our desks. I am still amazed at the prospect that as old and beat up as those desks were – they could stand up to an Atom bomb.

A public information notice: 

Yesterday, a Florida Senator named Marco Rubio declared himself in the race for the nomination of his party. He probably wasn't aware that the name Rubio was already taken by the main character in my latest book Rubio. I just want to go on record that this is in no way an endorsement from me. I'm sure he's a very nice young man, but this old fella doesn't dabble in politics.  

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Necessity, the mother of invention:

            I have invented a small, flexible ballpoint pen, which when coupled with a tough covered mini writing pad can be carried in the back pocket and be handy for jotting down quick notes, phone numbers, messages, and the like. Now if one of my subscribers would care loan me a million dollars I can develop and promote this product. Any takers?

It’s all in the name:

            This story was told to me by a golfing friend who is also an avid fisherman, which makes him a double-barreled liar. With that in mind you can judge its validity. A young Greene County process server went out to serve papers on a Mr. John Seggscoure. When he got to the man’s place of employment, he asked the lady in HR, "Is there a Seggscoure working here?"... “Sex Hour!” she yelled, “Are you crazy, you’d be lucky to get a coffee break!” 

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 A Fine Kettle of Fish – Hickory Jack – Blue – Ace High – Blue Norther – Cain

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Men can’t really cook:

            Now, that’s going to get some negative comments, but it’s true. We all claim we can, but in reality, we can’t. It’s just that we aren’t afraid to experiment or improvise and sometimes it works out ok. Each of us claims to make great chili, but we can’t do it twice and have it come out the same. If a man is following a recipe that calls for fresh strawberries, and he doesn’t have any, he will rationalize that canned tomatoes are the same color, so they will probably work. Every man who ever held match to a charcoal briquette knows he could have been a famous chef. Men feel that they can accomplish any meal as long as it contains 2 of the 5 major food groups – beef, chicken, pork, beef, and beer. If the entrée isn’t overly successful we won’t bother with leftovers because nobody wants it again, and we probably couldn’t find a lid for the Tupperware anyway.

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 A Fine Kettle of Fish – Hickory Jack – Blue – Ace High – Blue Norther – Cain

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