Category: Shorts
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Crappy Service
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHave you ever noticed that service in a restaurant is really lousy when the restaurant isn’t very busy? Randy and I think this is almost universally true. It’s interesting to us because it’s counterintuitive. You’d think that when servers aren’t busy they’d give you more, not less, of their attention. But… Read more
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A Swelling of Pride
Reading Time: 2 minutesLee Greenwood’s iconic song Proud to Be an America always brings a lump to my throat, especially this version, linked here. Even watching it again now raised goose bumps on my arms. As a citizen and veteran of what is still the greatest country on earth, there hasn’t been, for the last… Read more
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A Crafty Triumph
Reading Time: 2 minutesExcept for knitting and crocheting, I don’t enjoy crafting anymore. But when Kristine showed up with this little box, made out of the bottom of a 2-liter coke bottle, I was immediately enamored. It is so cute, so functional, so versatile. She paid something like 20 bucks for it. Next time I… Read more
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Like An Old Friend
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYears ago, during the era of VCR tapes, we recorded a comedy skit from Rodney Dangerfield’s comedy club. The comedian, named Bob Nelson, had a schtick about a college football team introducing themselves. We must have watched that short bit about 100 times back then, laughing (which is really good for… Read more
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A Bloody Mess
Reading Time: 2 minutesI went to lunch yesterday with my Airplane Girls. We had a great time, as always. Randy was at home working, by himself, on some of the “behind the drywall” modifications for the guest bath tub to walk-in shower conversion project we started this week. I knew things didn’t go well when… Read more
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Thank God I Live in Florida
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe waved good-bye on Wednesday morning to Kristine and Gary. Kristine was practically vibrating with excitement that she was going home, where her Christmas decorations were still up, to a predicted 5 inches of snow on the ground. Gary, who wouldn’t mind at all living in Florida, was not nearly as excited… Read more
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Love
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLove is in the air. All You Need is Love God is love. Love makes the world go round. How sweet it is to be loved by you. Live, love, laugh. Have I told you lately that I love you? With a love like that, you know you should be glad.… Read more
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Rely on Yourself
Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve had a bit of a battle this week trying to get my blood pressure prescriptions coordinated between my doctor’s office and my mail-order (MO) pharmacy. Several weeks ago my doctor renewed a script for one of my meds. Then I got a text from the MO pharmacy saying they were out… Read more
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Post Holiday Doldrums
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe tree is down, the cheery colorful lights are dark, the Christmas treats are gone, and all the special meals have been cooked and eaten. Some people suffer from a feeling of let down or even depression when the holidays are over. We’re just a week past the typically high energy holiday… Read more
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The New Computer Blues
Reading Time: 2 minutesSeveral months ago I got a new laptop. My old laptop worked fine but it has Windows 10 on it. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 and seems to have slowed down the performance so much that it was taking me far too long to do what needed to be done. The… Read more