On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings. | |
— Erma Bombeck | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Sometimes I’m Confused |
2021 | You Need Me On That Wall |
Counting Bees And Chasing Clouds | |
2020 | Precious Life |
2019 | Nothing Is Too Difficult For Me |
Patterns Of Caring | |
2018 | And May Never Be |
2017 | Don’t Forget |
2016 | I Was A Percentage Man |
2015 | It Waits Patiently |
2014 | Unknown |
2013 | Explaining Love? |
2012 | Echoes of 1% |
2011 | Salaam, Egypt!! |
Where Do You Learn? | |
Posts Tagged ‘Humor’
Some Of Us Sit Quietly (Indoors), Read And Drink Coffee
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Coffee, Erma Bombeck, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Saltwater, Sand, Skin, Vacations on January 31, 2023| 2 Comments »
Just Agree To Disagree
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Arguments, Cereal, Controversy, Family Planning, Humor, Philosophy, Public Discussion, Quotes on January 30, 2023| 2 Comments »
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial. | ||
— Erma Bombeck | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2022 | There Is No Fate But What You Make | |
2021 | The Silent Word | |
Touched My Hand | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Feeling GAS* (Again)
Posted in Guitar, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Frederic Chopin, GAS, Guitar, Guitar Acquisition Syndrome, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes on January 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two. | |
— Frederic Chopin | |
[As in “Guitar Acquisition Syndrome“. (LoL) — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | And Even Fewer Regrets |
2021 | Today Counts |
I Hope You’ll Understand | |
2020 | Maybe #IncompetentDonald Really Is A Great Manager |
2019 | Your Only Choice |
2018 | A Good Definition |
2017 | Getting It Done |
2016 | Getting To Know Me |
2015 | Why I Pay Taxes |
2014 | Inequality Of Sacrifice |
2013 | I Never Saw A Moor |
2012 | Fill In The Blank |
Not For Naught | |
Cliff Notes To Life? | |
2011 | Conference Games Sunday |
NFL This Weekend: Six Games In Three Days!
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Sports, Humor, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Humor, Sports, Correction, Erma Bombeck, Watching Football, NFL Playoffs, NFL Wildcard Weekend on January 10, 2023| Leave a Comment »
If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead. | |
— Erma Bombeck | |
[This post was originally titled “six games in two days”. I didn’t realize one of the games was to be played on Monday night… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Limited Knowledge And No Control |
2021 | Gifts |
Look Inside Your Heart | |
2020 | A Strength Of Science |
2019 | A Higher Standard |
Make Two Calls | |
2018 | Irreplaceable Sparks |
2017 | Saving For April 15th |
2016 | First Wish |
2015 | Tracing Shadows |
2014 | One Thing |
2013 | More Is Less |
2012 | The Screw-Up Gene |
Neat, Please
Posted in Humor, Lyrics, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Humor, I Gotta Get Drunk, Lyrics, Philosophy, Quotes, Willie Nelson on December 27, 2022| 2 Comments »
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. | |
— Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
[Which (somehow) reminds me of the Willie Nelson lyrics: | |
“There’s an ol’ doctor who told me | |
That I better start slowin’ it down. | |
But there’s more old drunks | |
Than there are old doctor’s | |
So I guess I better have another round.” | |
From his song: “I Gotta Get Drunk” — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Someone Should Tell Senator Joe Manchin |
One Of The Things We Need | |
2020 | Boxing Day 2020 |
Fractal Branches | |
Advice For Sons, Too | |
2019 | Almost Soulful Pleasure |
2018 | Cursive In The News |
2017 | Coffee Crunch |
2016 | Preparation |
2015 | Scarcely Asked |
2014 | They Resemble Us |
2013 | Both |
2012 | That’s Success! |
2011 | Losing At Dominoes |
2010 | 1,001 |
A Practical Theory
Posted in Quotes, Philosophy, Humor, tagged Philosophy, Quotes, Humor, Erma Bombeck, Theory, Housework, Who Cares on November 21, 2022| 2 Comments »
My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you? | |
— Erma Bombeck | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Still Building |
Golden | |
2020 | Books And Blogs |
You Don’t Know What I Got | |
2019 | #45 Is The Inverse |
2018 | A Message To The White House Press Corps |
2017 | Eeny Meeny Miny Moe |
Binge, Binge, Binge | |
2016 | Feeling Warm Yet? |
Four Documentaries | |
2015 | Just Like All The Others |
2014 | In My Own Vanity |
2013 | Filled With Words |
2012 | Lectio Auget Existentiae Meae |
2011 | Lied Lately? |
2010 | Born To Work At Faux News |
Lost Again (Uh, Make That Still) | |
Qui Genus Humanum Ingenio Superavit | |
They’re Back… (Part 1) | |
For Some… Not All
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Humor, In Bed, Philosophy, Privacy, Quotes, Reading, Sex on November 9, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Reading is like the sex act – done privately, and often in bed. | |
— Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Does Blogging Count? |
Another Notch | |
2020 | Even Being President For Almost Four Years |
#45: Crying About The American Voters | |
Dying Isn’t Much Of A Way To Make A Living Boy | |
2019 | And Autumnal Foliage |
2018 | Up Hill, Both Ways |
2017 | Trump Carnivores – The Revolution So Far |
2016 | Election Results |
2015 | Speak Louder |
2014 | Why I Frequently Give In |
2013 | Am Remembering |
2012 | Sustained Fear |
2011 | Commitment |
Probably Not Me
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Charm, Explanations, Humor, Intelligence, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Philosophy, Quotes, Reputation on November 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Whoever shows both charm and pleasure in explaining to people things that they already know soon gets a reputation as an intelligent individual. | |
— Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Even If I Have An Opinion |
We’ve Just Gotten Confirmation | |
2020 | #45: A Word Of Advice |
But I’m In No Hurry To Get There | |
Decision Made: #46 — Go Joe | |
2019 | Like Many Forms Of Art |
Two Towers | |
2018 | Land Of My Birth – Executive Order Notwithstanding |
Keeping It Real… | |
2017 | Use A Bigger Can |
2016 | Vote Tomorrow – 8 November 2016 |
2015 | Old Bond |
2014 | Preferences |
2013 | Prudence |
2012 | Reason Against Reasons |
2011 | The 1% Rule Of Large Groups |
2010 | Going, Going, On… |
Expect Mike | |
Wasted Again? | |
You Did? | |
Reflecting Plenty | |
Old Math | |
Mental Images | |
Here’s Lookin’ At You, Kid | |
Learn | |
Nothing Feared Today | |
I Had Other Plans | |
Ratings… | |
Really? | |
Encourage Greatness | |
In The Beginning…
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Apple Pie, Carl Sagan, Creation, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, The Universe on November 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »
If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe. | |
— Carl Sagan | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Are We Talking About Health Insurance / Oil Companies, Facebook Or Faux News? |
When MTV Was Young (And Fun) | |
2020 | Resting |
A New Day Just Means We Continue The Struggle (With A Smile) | |
2019 | One For Two |
Why Trump Insults Pelosi and Schiff | |
2018 | The Worst |
2017 | #DonTheCon In The Oval Office |
2016 | Are You Like #AmnestyDon And Sarah Palin? |
2015 | Begin Today |
2014 | Look Again (At Life’s Illusions) |
2013 | None Knows |
2012 | Yet |
2011 | No End In Sight |
2010 | Back At It… |
Or At Least Nod In That Direction
Posted in Faith, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Atheism, Faith, George Bernard Shaw, God, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Thankfulness on November 1, 2022| 2 Comments »
I’m an atheist and I thank God for it. | |
― George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Learning And Teaching |
Two Loves | |
2020 | Does Anyone Else Look Forward To The Last Lawn Mowing ‘Til Spring? |
Only For You | |
2019 | 10,000 Tries |
2018 | Keep America Great – Vote This Tuesday |
2017 | Old Style Ear Candy |
2016 | Next Tuesday |
2015 | Wanna Trade? |
2014 | Brothers And Friends |
2013 | So Suddenly |
2012 | At The Center |
2011 | Live Long And Thinner |
Got Health? | |
2010 | SF Giants – 2010 World Series Champions!!! |
52 – 54 – 56 – 58 | |
2009 | Diet Update |
Pictures from Chicago Trip… | |
A General Guideline For Voting In The 2022 Mid-Terms
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged An Incomplete Education, Bedroom Shades, Books, Bugs, Censorship, Democrats, Democrats vs Republicans, Exterminators, Humor, Judy Jones, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, William Wilson on October 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
How can you tell if you should be voting Democrat or Republican: | |
Vote Republican if you hire exterminators to kill bugs in your house. | |
Vote Democrat if you step on the bugs. | |
Vote Democrat if you buy books which have been banned somewhere. | |
Vote Republican if you form censorship committees and read the books as a group. | |
Vote Democrat if you eat the fish and game you catch or hunt. | |
Vote Republican if you hang them on a wall. | |
Vote Republican if you keep your bedroom shades drawn (although there is little reason you need to). | |
Vote Democrat if you ought to but don’t. | |
— From “An Incomplete Education“, by Judy Jones and William Wilson | |
[The above quote was posted several years ago, but I’ve recently re-read it, so I’m re-posting it. I would add: | |
Vote Democrat if you believe America should be a representative democracy based on the votes of a majority of the American public. | |
Vote Republican if you believe a theocratic minority (mostly hypocritical) should be able to impose their religious beliefs on the rest of America. | |
— kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Press On |
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This | |
2020 | AMA |
Still Shiny | |
2019 | Things That Go Bump In The Night |
Hoping I’m Careful | |
2018 | I Must Be Truly Wise |
2017 | My Sensei |
2016 | The Worst Sin |
2015 | Rules Of Thumb |
2014 | A Prayer |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse | |
2013 | Complacent Reality |
2012 | Two-minute Sex |
Just Staring, Why? | |
2011 | A World Of Difference |
Especially If He Blogs Excessively
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Blogging, Distrust, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Trust on October 21, 2022| 2 Comments »
Distrust that man who tells you to distrust. | |
— Attributed to: Ella Wheeler Wilcox | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Table Talk |
No One Left To Blame | |
2020 | Plant Roots For A Hundred Years |
That Seat Is Taken | |
2019 | Shining In The Dark |
2018 | Sometimes Wisdom, Too |
2017 | What Do I Know… |
Not Much Magic Here | |
2016 | Rare Competition |
2015 | Now Where Did I Put That Thing? |
2014 | Reckoning |
Orange October (VIII) – Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series!! | |
2013 | Trying To Capture Serenity |
2012 | Above The Vaulted Sky |
2011 | Active Learning |
Be Careful What You Wish For
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Sports, tagged Baseball, Humor, LA Dodgers, MLB, Perfection, Philosophy, Quotes, SF Giants, Sports, Yogi Berra, Yogi-ism on August 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
[But it sure would be nice if the Giants beat the Dodgers a little more frequently… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why Republicans Are Unhappy |
I Guess It’s True | |
2020 | A Tiny And Fragile World |
Your Lyin’ Eyes | |
2019 | Day 1: Done |
#IncompetentDonald Fails On All Three | |
2018 | I Put It Down To Bad Teachers |
Day 34: In And Out | |
2017 | And The Future Is Now |
2016 | I Am |
2015 | Positively Aiming Higher |
2014 | Suspicious Minds |
2013 | We Are Not Alone |
2012 | Lawyer, n. |
2011 | Each Day Remember… |
2010 | Impossible Dreams of Camelot |
Five Down, Two To Go
Posted in Career, Economics, General Comments, Humor, Quotes, Work, tagged Bette Davis, Dreams, Economics, General Comments, Gravy, Humor, Labor, Meat And Potatoes, Quotes, Retirement, Social Security, Work on September 30, 2022| 2 Comments »
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