Category: Entertainment
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Igor & Red Elvises
Reading Time: 4 minutesLast week, at 1 in the afternoon, in the middle of the week, a friend called and asked if we wanted to join her and her husband for dinner and a band at a restaurant downtown. Here’s a video link to their performance that night. Ah, the joy of being retired. There’s… Read more
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Real, Live Mermaids
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy sister, Lisa, called a few weeks ago and wanted to plan a girl’s day trip to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. She’d been there before and thought the mermaids were one of the coolest things she’d ever seen. So cool, apparently, that driving 219 miles and picking me up on the… Read more
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Good Old-Fashioned Paper Books
Reading Time: < 1 minuteXfinity (Comcast) is the major cable service in the area. In many places, 2+ weeks after Hurricane Ian, many people still don’t have cable service. Facebook and Next Door are flooded with people screaming about this. There are reports of residents chasing Xfinity linemen with baseball bats. Randy and I drove… Read more
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50 Years Fly By
Reading Time: 5 minutesI had lunch with a good friend of mine a few weeks ago. Though she’s a bit younger than I am, she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. My 50th high school class reunion was last week. I got to thinking about how long 50 years really is and… Read more
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Branson and Oozing Talent
Reading Time: 5 minutesRandy and I first visited Branson, Missouri about 25 years ago after we moved to Missouri. It’s a place we enjoy a lot, full of like-minded and age-related peeps. There’s an Ozarkland store there so I can say I actually worked in Branson for a tiny bit. Over the years, we’ve seen… Read more
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Have You Forgotten How to Play?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs a follow up to Tuesday’s post, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want the next decade of my life to look like. The thinking reminded me that I also designed, but never offered, another Community Adult Education class called Learning to Play Again. Playing is important as an… Read more
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Football, the Packers, and a 955-Year Waiting List
Reading Time: 4 minutesRandy and I were both born in Green Bay. Randy’s brother still lives in the house they grew up in just a block off Ridge Road, 6 blocks from Lambeau Field. Randy’s dad was a First Aid Manager for the Packers years and years ago, and Randy spent some quality kid time… Read more
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Forget the Flying Car, I Want Rosie
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy sister Lisa posted this meme on Facebook last Sunday. Oh Lord! George Jetson was born this week. I laughed and then started to read the comments on the original post. There is a wealth of information and trivia there. If you who missed the Facebook post, I figured you’d enjoy laughing,… Read more
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The Best Chips in All the Land
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI flew back up to Missouri to help Ozarkland’s parent company with a special project this week. I thought the best part of the trip would be that I got to eat the best chips and salsa in all the land at our favorite Mexican restaurant (El Caporal, Camdenton, MO) on… Read more
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Peace River Lives Up to Its Name
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe took an airboat ride on the Peace River yesterday. It’s interesting to see Florida about 15 miles inland, away from the coastal communities and hub bub of the beaches and tourist traps that are stereotypical of the Florida in northerners minds. It’s unexpectedly beautiful and more peaceful than I’d imagined.… Read more