Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Ketchup on the Dining Room wall: so, what else is new?
Cassidy Hutchinson testified that she entered the White House dining room to find staff cleaning catsup off the wall and picking up a shattered porcelain plate which had been thrown by guess who when he was told he was wrong about something. The story reminded me of a similar incident from the days...
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Ketchup on the Dining Room wall: so, what else is new?
Cassidy Hutchinson testified that she entered the White House dining room to find staff cleaning catsup off the wall and picking up a shattered porcelain plate which had been thrown by guess who when he was told he was wrong about something.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2022
WHAT TO DO?
Mass shootings used to be a rare and shocking event. Then it got to be every couple of months. Now it happens every day, sometimes more than once. This routine breaking news is breaking us. It's not a show that should go into re-runs. First responders can only do so much: CSI and hot pursuit just...
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Monday, July 4, 2022
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!
I hope your day is full of yummy food, chilled delicious drinks, maybe a double scoop of ice cream with chocolate syrup, whipped cream and a cherry on top. It's a day for family get-togethers, or if that isn't possible, a phone call "mobile" hug... It's a day for saying thank you to the heroes and...
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Sunday, July 3, 2022
AN IMPROMPTU LECTURE FROM 70 YEARS AGO:
I remember the time my office practices (typing, bookkeeping) teacher with his bowtie and prim manners once got sidetracked from the lesson plan and went into a lecture on voting. He said our enemies are watching our elections - not just the candidates and parties, but the voters. He said it wasn't...
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Saturday, July 2, 2022
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT...
Today, July 2, 2022, is the 62nd anniversary of my marriage to RLH, my forever sweetheart. Our time together only lasted from that date in 1960 until the ties that bind came loose about 20 years later. It took another two decades for us to become friends again. This week I've been reminded about a...
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Friday, July 1, 2022
ON THE JOB
The best job - if you count having fun at work as #1 - I ever had was as a soda jerk at the Pollyanna Cafe in Kennewick, Washington. The Pollyanna was a typical diner of the 1940s. I worked there the summer between my sophomore and junior years in high school. Because I had not yet turned sixteen we...
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Thursday, June 30, 2022
CLEARING OUT ONE THING EACH DAY: PROGRESS CONTINUES
I recycled a 3' artificial Christmas tree that's been hiding under a plastic bag in the junk room for a couple years now. It's out the door and maybe on its way to cheer up someone else's holiday. And once I could step right up to the cabinet that the tree had blocked I found a box with several...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
HOW TO MAKE A BANANA SPLIT
This was how we made them at the Polyanna Cafe in 1952. This was just about the same time the Sweden Freeze company began making soft ice cream machines, but most diners still preferred the old fashioned sundaes made from regular ice cream. The Polyanna Banana Split Slice a peeled banana in half...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
JAN 6TH COMMITTEE SCHEDULES SURPRISE HEARING!
The January 6th Committee surprised the news networks by announcing a new hearing today at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. They said they just received new evidence. If you have access to CSPAN you can watch the hearing and make up your own mind about what is presented, without commentary and editorializing...
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