Category Archives: Personal Observations

Valentine’s Day

Some will ask me why I don’t take my girlfriend out to dinner on Valentine’s Day. I respond that she likes to go out with her Husband on those nights . . .

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Destination, How to Get There

A friend posted this today, now I can’t stop Nowhere. Road Anywhere, Midnight Train Georgia, Midnight Train Clarksville, Last Train Heavan, Stairway Hell, Highway Hotel California, Dark Desert Highway Now for my contributions Don’t Care Where it Goes, Freight Train … Continue reading

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COVID-19

Social Distancing, Stay-at-Home Order, Reopen Business, These are all new terms that COVID-19 has forced upon us. The end result of which a lot of employees across the country are forced to Work-at-Home or Telecommute as it were. This is … Continue reading

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My Tropical Weather

A list of Tropical Storms and Hurricanes that I have sat through and their status when they passed me in  Fort Myers/Alva. 1998 25 Sep, Hurricane Georges 5 Nov, Tropical Storm Mitch 1999 21 Sep, Tropical Storm Harvey 15 Oct, … Continue reading

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Irma

Things that Irma taught me . . . I can live without cable TV I have kind-hearted neighbors Living less than five (5) miles from the power plant makes no difference People do not understand basic traffic laws and traffic … Continue reading

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Samantha

Although she has been hanging around here for quite some time, today is the day she became an ‘official’ part of our family. More of a legallity than anything else. Through the years she and Tim have lived here with … Continue reading

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Respect

It’s not about the guns, or texting, or flying popcorn, or fastfood, or forgotten anniversaries, or atomic wedgies, or ceramic squirrels.  It’s about respect for one another. Each of these incidents and many many others are a result of someone … Continue reading

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Frost

Since when is frost “Breaking News”?  Only in Florida . . .

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Top 10 Book List (JFK)

In 1961, Life Magazine interviewed John F Kennedy and among other conversations asked him for his Top 10 Book list.  Notice only one Fiction title in the group.  Realize that the first Bond movie was not produced until 1963 ~ … Continue reading

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Can you hear what I hear?

I am just not sure who I admire more. The hearing-aid company that chose to advertise on the radio, or the advertising company that thought it up in the first place.

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