Reading – The Haps With Herb

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared – My Thoughts

October 2, 2023 Herb 21

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 23249 – 1161 First, rather than bore you with lengthy, though heartfelt, apologies I can only say that life has become somewhat more hectic and sporadic (albeit interesting) at the moment for both good and bad. This means that posts Continue Reading[...]

Banned Book Week – Books Can Be Beaten Down

September 22, 2022 Herb 44

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22874 – 998 Here’s the haps: I was over at Author Sarah Angleton’s blog today and was reminded that it’s Banned Book Week. If you’ve never visited Sarah you are missing out. She takes strange, sometimes esoteric incidents from history Continue Reading[...]

Ain’t Throwing It Back Thursday On Saturday – Bio Optical Organized Knowledge Device

December 11, 2021 Herb 27

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22589 – 902 Here’s the haps: <><><><><><><><> Please note that I did not create this piece. I wish I did. It’s about ten years old and my copy had no accreditation. But, I would consider trying one of these devices. Continue Reading[...]

NaBloPoMo Day 16 – From the Phone

November 16, 2021 Herb 22

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22565 – 878 Here’s the haps: I’m sitting at the table writing to you on my phone because the computer is in use by College Daughter who is writing a paper on communication. It’s a big part of her grade Continue Reading[...]

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: Q Is For Quotations

April 20, 2021 Herb 28

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22355 – 819: Here’s the haps: Many of you read this blog on the WordPress reader and never visit the actual blog itself. That’s cool, but I have a couple of things on the main page of the blog that Continue Reading[...]

Please Read or Re-Read Fahrenheit 451 (please)

March 4, 2021 Herb 31

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22308 – 792: Here’s the haps: Sixteen years ago I wrote a post called, “Which Books Should Be Banned?” In that post I described the processes that should be undertaken if a particular book is considered offensive. Now, I read Continue Reading[...]

Horrors! I Almost Forgot Whose Birthday It Is Today!

January 19, 2021 Herb 23

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22264 – 781: Here’s the haps: A lot of long-time followers and some others will know that I love to read. I have a varied, sometimes eclectic taste in reading. The fact that I have just finished a book Continue Reading[...]

Not Feeling Particularly Clever Tonight so There Will Be No Title

October 29, 2020 Herb 16

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22182 – 752: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, Frogs, Foundling Frogs, Freaks, and Flakes, Here’s the haps: The last few days at work have been really worky and so I have been sharing some things I have had Continue Reading[...]

Tag Me Tuesday – Jasmine Rose At Bookworm Asks:

October 20, 2020 Herb 18

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22173 – 743: Regular readers know by now how I feel about most of the “awards” that are given around the internet. Not a big fan at all but sometimes the questions are fun or interesting or thought-provoking and Continue Reading[...]

Happy Birthday Billy S

April 23, 2020 Herb 10

Word of the day · Todaybardolatry[bärˈdälətrē]NOUNhumorousexcessive admiration of Shakespeare. Forsooth! Canst one tell the day? The time? Of a truth, today is “Talk Like Shakespeare Day” and if thou wouldst indulge me in a small bit of bardolatry I will shortly relate, Continue Reading[...]

Children’s Classics?

April 8, 2020 Herb 10

As I sat reading The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to the grandson who lives here I realized that this Cat person is really nothing more than a vandal. And while he may not fit the complete definition of a bully Continue Reading[...]

A Note About Writing

April 7, 2020 Herb 16

I was over at The Dumbest Blog Ever (which seems to me to be increasingly misnamed) and read a three-part western story he had written called Shooter and the Kid. He had based it on a twenty-five hundred year old Greek tragedy Continue Reading[...]

"...but if circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.'' Hamilton Fed Paper #29