Rantings – The Haps With Herb

November 7, 2020

Herb

Curmudgeonly Monday On Saturday – Putting The “X” Back In Xmas & My Holiday Theme Song

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22191 – 755: Here's the haps: Last year on Christmas Day I posted "Merry Xmas!" and was able to reason with the torch-bearing mob by explaining that…

Beliefs, Curmudgeonly Monday, Holidays - holidaze, Rantings22 Comments

October 23, 2020

Herb

Water And Oil Mix – If It’s Snake Oil

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22176 – 746: From prior to the 1800s all the way to the 1950s and even today, there is a group of people who hold many titles,…

Rantings37 Comments

October 18, 2020

Herb

I Regale With Another Retail Tale Of Behavior Beyond The Pale

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22171 – 741: As my title implies, I have found yet another story from the archives from the job at the first big blue box store. When…

Rantings, Retail13 Comments

October 17, 2020

Herb

The Code Of The West

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…

Rantings17 Comments

October 16, 2020

Herb

I Feel Sad For New Car Owners

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…

Cars, Driving, Rantings21 Comments

September 18, 2020

Herb

I Found This Entry Without A Link Back To The Owner – What To Do? Netiquette On The High Seas

*EDIT/ADD 9/19/20 - Since this theft was posted about here and on Ben's blog, Mr. Hamson replied to Ben's e-mail and removed the post from his site.* Herb’s Blog, Herbdate…

Blogging, Rantings, Repost copyright, ned hamson, piracy, plagiarism18 Comments

September 3, 2020

Herb

Curmudgeonly Monday On Throw It Back Thursday – Akismet Anti-Spam

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22126-697: I wish that the WordPress spam filter, Akismet, made some similitude of sense sometimes. I mean, I am glad to have it because if you have…

Blogging, Curmudgeonly Monday, Rantings, Throw It Back Thursday akismet, blogging, curmudgeonly monday41 Comments

August 3, 2020

Herb

Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22095-665: Quite some time ago it was brought to my attention that people said they liked my blog but were having difficulty commenting using the WordPress Reader.…

Computers, Curmudgeonly Monday, Home Computers, Other Repair Work, Putzing, Rantings, Websites blogging, comments, defenestration, wordpress reader24 Comments

July 7, 2020

Herb

So Just Change It Already

A few caveats out of the way up front so later I am not constantly qualifying everything I say. I am an American and when I use the term "football"…

Politics, Rantings3 Comments

May 30, 2020

Herb

Lawlessness Is Lawlessness

While I am working on a totally unrelated post I wanted to stop and interject something here. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak…

Beliefs, Politics, Rantings17 Comments