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Category Archives: Humor

January 31, 2020

French Burnt Peanuts – 2020 Edition

Humor, Life Brach's, burnt, candy, confection, french, obscure, obsession, peanuts, retro, treat 13 Comments J P

January 24, 2020

Dear Queen Elizabeth – Wherein The Author Humbly Submits A Suggestion To Her Royal Highness Concerning Her Familial Difficulties

Humor Archie, British, castle, corgi, Duchess, Duke, Elizabeth, English, Harry, leisure, Meghan, Queen, Royal, title 22 Comments J P

January 3, 2020

2020: It’s Here – Or Is It?

Humor, Life 2019, 2020, future, modern, predict, sci-fi, tech 21 Comments J P

Can someone please help me with a question? How did it get to be 2020? It just dawned on me a few days ago that 2020 is here. Yes, we all knew it was coming but some of us tried not to look ahead too far. Now that it is actually here, I still have…

November 22, 2019

On Leaves, Nuts And Squirrels

Humor, Life, Uncategorized autumn, bag, blower, car, Chew, chipmunk, compost, damage, destroy, eat, fall, Glad, Hefty, hood, insulation, lawn, leaf, leaves, mower, mulch, nest, nut, rake, ruin, squirrel, yard 19 Comments J P

November 15, 2019

Thanks-giv-A?

Humor, Life Chick-fil-a, chicken, cranberry, dinner, dressing, fried, holiday, nugget, pilgrim, potato, roast, stuffing, Thanksgiving, turkey 12 Comments J P

October 25, 2019

A New Toy – Why Is This A Thing?

Humor, Life boy, child, Claw, Combat, fresh, girl, Godzilla, improved, kid, Marx, Mattel, new, power, Shifters, toy 26 Comments J P

I was reading something over at the Curbside Classic site the other day and saw a post about a classic kids’ toy from the 1970’s. It was a “Power Shifter Quick Change Machine” – a toy car that was a Chevy Blazer and a dragster all in one. OK, perhaps “classic” is not the best…

October 11, 2019