Month: October 2020

The Code Of The West

October 17, 2020 Herb 17
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22170 – 740: One of the strangest and most annoying things to me is city people who move to the country and then whine about how much better they had it in the city. Several years ago I used Continue Reading[...]

I Feel Sad For New Car Owners

October 16, 2020 Herb 21
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22169 – 739: You know, I feel sorry for some of the people who drive these brand new cars. Not so much that they are pretentious, which some are, of course, but rather that people have to get them Continue Reading[...]

A Pompous MENSA Genius

October 15, 2020 Herb 23
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22168 – 738: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Foundlings, High-Flyin’ Daredevils, and Family, Working in retail again does mean a veritable plethora of stories and anecdotes. Like the genius from MENSA that I met who came through my line. Continue Reading[...]

Pompous People And Customer Service

October 13, 2020 Herb 27
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22166 – 736: Dear Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Large Flightless Birds, and Family, I have worked a number of retail jobs over the years and there are certain themes that go with it, the current one being no exception. Continue Reading[...]

The Visitor – A Repost

October 10, 2020 Herb 12
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22163 – 733: This is a repost from 9/13/06. I think it gives a lot of food for thought. As far as I know it is anonymous. I just wish I had written it. I have seen this around Continue Reading[...]

The Aliens Who Live In Our Walls

October 9, 2020 Herb 18
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22162 – 732: A blog I follow regularly is the award-winning Weave A Web, by Bruce. I’ve mentioned him here before and given him an award. His writing may not appeal to everyone in my audience but then sometimes Continue Reading[...]

Poor Fred

October 8, 2020 Herb 17
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22161 – 731: A bill collector knocked on the door of a country debtor. “Is Fred home?” he asked the woman who answered the door. “Sorry,” the woman replied. “Fred’s gone for cotton.” The next day the collector tried Continue Reading[...]

Not Too Much Tonight

October 7, 2020 Herb 12
Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22160 – 730: Sorry, not too much tonight. Going to try working on making sure the comments work from the Reader as they’re supposed to. I never like to rush through Award Winning Wednesday and at the moment I Continue Reading[...]