Humor

Truth? Beauty? Fit the Second

January 31, 2020 Herb 3
For the Mystery Blogger Award I was nominated for but haven’t actually done anything for and haven’t attempted to claim, Ben at Brothers’ Campfire, posted some interesting questions as part of it. The one I’m going to start trying to answer today Continue Reading[...]

Truth? Beauty? Fit the First

January 30, 2020 Herb 0
For the Mystery Blogger Award I was nominated for but haven’t actually done anything for and haven’t attempted to claim, Ben at Brothers’ Campfire, posted some interesting questions as part of it. The one I’m going to start trying to answer today Continue Reading[...]

Mystery Blogger Award

January 29, 2020 Herb 2
I was nominated for this award by Brothers’ Campfire and thank him for the intellectual challenge and opportunity. I’m not even sure what it means and there was no talk of cash prizes being given away. I wonder, though, if I have Continue Reading[...]

Dumb Dog

January 27, 2020 Herb 6
IT’S A DOG’S LIFE A butcher is working, and really busy. He notices a dog in his shop and shoos him away. Later, he notices the dog is back again. He walks over to the dog, and notices it has a note Continue Reading[...]

To Coffee

January 21, 2020 Herb 3
An Ode (Or rather, my feeble attempt at one.) Caffeine! Adrenaline! Adenosine!Epi–Epi–Epinephrine!Yay team! Rah-rah! Goooo Team Coffee! Getting excited is easy to doWhen you’ve had a cup or twoOr three or four or fiveWhich makes you feelYou’ve come alive! You say, perhaps, Continue Reading[...]

One Twenty Twenty Twenty

January 20, 2020 Herb 5
One Twenty Twenty Twenty I wonder some years, where the time went-yHow have I arrived in Twenty-Twenty?When I was twenty I felt like I couldLive forever if I learned to be good. Now the century of the MillenniumWhich feels as only yesterday Continue Reading[...]

What's An Ode?

January 18, 2020 Herb 3
We’re not really talking about when the guy pays you back and says, “Here’s the money I ode you.” That would actually be owed, not ode. Of course if you were paying him to write poetry for you then you might be Continue Reading[...]

The Tie

January 16, 2020 Herb 3
I have a hard time at some of those hoity-toity joints, too. A traveller became lost in the desert region of Algeria. Realizing his only chance for survival was to find civilization, he began walking. Time passed, and he became thirsty. More Continue Reading[...]

Another Test

January 12, 2020 Herb 10
Sometimes these little fillers come in handy to help me keep my commitment provide something a little entertaining to read. There are hundreds of these quizzes on How Stuff Works – Play but I don’t do them all the time. Some of Continue Reading[...]

Popular Stuff Here

January 7, 2020 Herb 10
Even though I have written about a wide variety of controversial and potentially controversial subjects, the posts that elicit more comments than any others are the ones about Louis L’Amour and the ones about coffee. This kind of cracks me up because Continue Reading[...]

Murphy's Laws of Computers

January 6, 2020 Herb 2
When using your computer, whatever happens, behave as though you meant it to happen. When you get to the point where you really understand your computer, it’s probably obsolete. The first place to look for information is in the section of the Continue Reading[...]