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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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Title Goes Up Here

December 8, 2006 Herb 0
So, I was at my favorite trivia site, Gullible.info and found this little tidbit: “.18 percent of blog posts indexed by Google blog search begin with the word “so”.” So I’m sorry, I just don’t have time to do much writing of any sort, even Continue Reading[...]
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A New Sandwich

February 11, 2006 Herb 0
*Runs in at full tilt, Guido Jr chasing him with a fine Italian Salame.  Panting.* Okay.  Okay.  Guido Jr. has convinced me to update.  I told him I didn’t want to.  I was feeling sorry for myself because I only had 8 people comment on my little Continue Reading[...]
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Happy Birthday E. A. Poe

January 19, 2006 Herb 0
I’d been thinking about a lot of different things to write about and then I heard it was Edgar Alan Poe’s(1809 – 1849) 197th birthday today (1/19/06).  I am a big fan of Poe.  A lot of people only know what they were forced to Continue Reading[...]
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Google Yourself

June 20, 2005 Herb 0
I read a good article in the new “Writer’s Digest” the other day. It is the July 2005 issue with the girl on the cover who is holding her laptop as though she just won the $3000 prize in their contest. Anyway, Continue Reading[...]
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More Alien News

April 26, 2005 Herb 0
Now, I do not know what newspapers you have in your town or area, Here we have 3, 4 if you count The Independent, the free liberal paper (the Denver liberal paper you have to pay for.) but I have discovered a Continue Reading[...]
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The Kents

April 26, 2005 Herb 2
Ten pounds, twelve ounces! That’s 9 pounds over birth weight! She spent most of the day off of oxygen until her exercises, then she had to have it. Since my parents were here she has been able to get out more. As Continue Reading[...]
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Salmon of Doubt

April 18, 2005 Herb 0
One of the books I have read recently is The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams. This book is, I think, intended for diehard Adams fans that have read most of his other work. If you have read at least three of Continue Reading[...]
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Which Books Should Be Banned?

February 4, 2005 Herb 1
I just finished re-reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury for the unknownth time again. I like Bradbury. If you have never read any of his stuff, pick it up. He has many great books; Dandelion Wine is a magical book, The Martial Continue Reading[...]
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Hodge Podge

January 23, 2005 Herb 0
The pix are up of Margaret and I holding baby Savannah. http://herbthiel.blogdrive.com/galleries You can see where she is touching the snap on my western shirt. It won’t be long and we’ll be able to put a little pair of boots on her Continue Reading[...]
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1984 A Book Review Of Sorts

January 20, 2005 Herb 1
Every hair on the back of my neck stood on end all the way to the top of my head. I was totally creeped out. What could do that? Well, folks, I forced myself to re-read George Orwell’s “1984” again. I am Continue Reading[...]