Rantings – The Haps With Herb

June 8, 2021

Herb

41 Years and The Gecko Gets Us

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22404 – 841: Here’s the haps: My Dear Readers, Fans, Friends, Fiends, Foes, Family, Foundlings, Frogs, Hairy Frogs, and Freaks of Nature, Greetings. I apologize for not writing…

My Family, My Life, Rantings28 Comments

April 14, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: L Is For Lunchtime Labels

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22349 – 814: Here’s the haps: So this is the kind of silliness that makes me want to laugh out loud so maniacally and so hard that people…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, Food and Drink, Humor, My Life, Rantings23 Comments

April 8, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: G is for G Rated Content

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22343 – 809: Here’s the haps: First, I will confess that by definition there are times when my content is PG, even, possibly PG-13. And yes, someone is…

Ain't Throwin' It Back, Beliefs, Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, Rantings22 Comments

April 6, 2021

Herb

Blogging A – Z Challenge 2021: E is for Epically Awesome, Dude And Other Phrases That I Literally Dislike

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22341 – 807: Here’s the haps: There are some words and phrases which have figuratively been used to death. Epic and Awesome are two words that are just…

Blogging, Blogging A - Z Challenge 2021, English or Language, Humor, Rantings34 Comments

March 4, 2021

Herb

Please Read or Re-Read Fahrenheit 451 (please)

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…

Rantings, Reading31 Comments

January 30, 2021

Herb

Dear Telephone Solicitor Wanting Business With Me, No, My Call Is NOT Important To You Or You’d Answer The Phone OR Don’t Call Us, Child, We’ll Call You

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22275 – 784: Here’s the haps: I am old-fashioned about a lot of things. We live in a society today of rudeness and telephones are one of…

Humor, Rantings25 Comments

January 12, 2021

Herb

Riot, Right? Wrong!

Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22257 – 778: Here’s the haps: Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to…

Beliefs, Politics, Rantings44 Comments

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