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The Manitou Springs Adventure

June 8, 2015 Herb 0
Greetings, Salutations and Hi There to all of my dear fans, friends, fiends, foes and relatives, Well, we had a nice time celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary. Some years we have gone up to Cripple Creek and stayed at a B&B up Continue Reading[...]
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The Thirty-Five Year Adventure

June 5, 2015 Herb 6
Greetings, Salutations and Hi There to all of my dear fans, friends, fiends, foes and relatives, In the humid summer heat of a Wisconsin summer in early July, 1979, a newly-turned-eighteen year old young man was chatting up a sixteen year old Continue Reading[...]
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Blogging A – Z Challenge 2015 G

April 7, 2015 Herb 0
Blogging A – Z Challenge G is for Git grit for your characters No, my dear readers from the Southland, not grits, grit.  Grit, as in “Indomitable spirit, firmness of character, or (my personal favorite) pluck.”  Courage in the face of adversity. Continue Reading[...]
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A Walmart Bag Of Stuff

April 15, 2009 Herb 2
Before I say anything else I just want to thank all of you, my friends, for your kind words, prayers, e-mails, comments and nice thoughts my way.  I appreciate it.  It is an interesting community that comes here and while some of Continue Reading[...]
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Setting Up DSL

June 13, 2007 Herb 0
Setting Up DSL Or Things that will make you say, “Aaaaaarrrrggghhh!” Salutations on the Ides of June! First of all, I have to say that my ISP, http://vbs.net/ has got the greatest service I have ever experienced.  Like most call centers, I Continue Reading[...]
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T Roosevelt Quote

June 9, 2007 Herb 1
There is an e-mail circulating with a quote about immigration from Theodore Roosevelt. It is only partial and after some homework I found a couple of interesting quotes: “In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here Continue Reading[...]
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Customer Service

December 12, 2006 Herb 0
Now here is a lesson in customer service and positive PR that some websites would do well to learn from.  In my last entry I mentioned, sort of “en passant,” that Carter and I had started our website, the long-awaited, much-anticipated “Republic of Continue Reading[...]
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Stem Cell Issue

October 29, 2006 Herb 0
Hollyweird has been unusually quiet this election.  Maybe someone told them to shut their traps, or as Laura Ingraham says in the title of her book, “Shut up and sing.”  There has been a noticeable flap between Michael J Fox and Rush Continue Reading[...]
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Understanding Egyptians

June 21, 2006 Herb 0
Well, I hope I haven’t misled you with my title.  This is not about peace treaties or terrorism or anything of the sort.  No, this is how I have come to understand why Egyptians worshipped the cat. Yes, that’s right, I have Continue Reading[...]