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Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Over the weekend, I’ve held my brreath, the way we used to hold something else when we were determined to make Wheeling, West Virginia by sundown and we were told we had taken our last rest stop two hours ago. On Sunday I opened my last property tax...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
I can’t speak for others, but as a fellow of the male gender, I occasionally have fleeting nightmares about being caught with my pants zipper “at half mast” as my dad used to say.
(FLASHBAQ:
“Son, did somebody die today”
...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
3:25 am Friday morning
For the first time since I started my mostly-Ramen noodles regimen, I prepared three packages for one meal. Usually it’s two, and Wednesday, after a friend brought me lunch, I painlessly delayed dinner until about 8:30 and dih...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Why would a bloke who STILL isn’t sure I can pay my real estate taxes and see Christmas sign up for DSL service with Springnet1 as I did yesterday Two syllables as the holy rolers might say: FAY-eth. They offer the first three months for $19.95 (a ...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Used to be when “All in the Family” episodess, the Ed Sullivan Show and “The Rifleman” starring Chuck Conners were not ALL NEW. Back in those days before Nixon and Regan and ketchup was called a vegetable (was #43 working as a nati...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Can you imagine how aeronautical engineers felt when helicopters were invented A bunch of them likely wanted to call them airplanes, pure and simple. They flew. They carried people. They had motors inside. If the motor quit, there was only one direction ...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Yes, I know about the mis spelling. I just finished proof reading the next American Aviation Historical Society Newsletter so I’m compensating.
CHEESES wotta week!
No substitute teaching last week, second week in a row. Sunday I made my mind up. If ...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Pictured above: Chilean classical guitarist Carlos Perez played in concert Saturday night, October 27. Photo by Job Conger.
This season of classical guitar concerts brought to Springfield, Illinois by Springfield Classical Guitar Society is the 10th and...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Chickens (a Waltz)
What will you say, America,
When the chickens come home to roost
For your president’s crimes
When the tolling bell chimes
What will be your alibi
To the Head In The Sky
What will you say, America,
When those chickens come home t...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
For keeping my body alive, nothing tops the 60th birthday gift of three bags of groceries left at my doorstep anonymously by MR and TC the evening of September 5. During September, I ate better than I have all year, and I won’t have to by Charmin un...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
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Because they continue to broadcast commercials for “personal warming lubricants” and “tingling jelly” on mid-day A.M. radio. For a company that calls itself Midwest Family Broadcasting to air these commercials between 6 am and m...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
When I visited the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site a few weeks ago to say hello to site director extraordinaire Jennie Battles, I apologized for staying away for awhile, longer than usual, the entire summer actually. She said she was glad to see m...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
When I visited the Vachel Lindsay Home State Historic Site a few weeks ago to say hello to site director extraordinaire Jennie Battles, I apologized for staying away for awhile, longer than usual, the entire summer actually. She said she was glad to see m...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Abraham Lincoln Visitors’ Center is hosting a Halloween observance for the kids 5 to 7 pm Friday, October 26. The whole Lincoln Home area will be decorated for Halloween. Activities include volunteers in period clothing and costumes, re-enactors aro...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
It’s enlightening to learn of US righteous and holy opposition to Turkey chasing rebels into Iran and threatening to distract the country we’re occupying from our more important little war. Our Secretary of State says it’s inappropriate ...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
This Week With George S. was first class from start to finich. Joe Biden was in fine form as I knew he would be, but I was surprised at what came throgh. Everyone says there is no “military solution” in Iraq, but Biden is the only candidate of...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
I was going to entitle this post: Hellman’s: the New Margarine, but since I did something similar with “The Economy Potato Chip: Saltines and Margarine:” and described “the economy ice cream as Saltines, margarine and crunchy peanu...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
I just heard from the Biden folks that Joe will be a guest on Sunday’s show. In Springfield, Illinoise, we pick it up at 10 a on ABC TV Channel 20. Wherever YOU pick it up, you should get it too.
On the ooom front, it was a nutty night and I didnt e...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
Pictured above: a view of the Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois. Photo by Job “Sabre-tooth” Conger.
Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasy’s appearance at Senate confirmation meetings this week has been fascinating. During his ...
Posted by honey & quinine 4 years ago.
A pilot approaching a major airport uses an onboard radio to contact the tower to identify the type of airplane he or she is flying, the registration number and the desire to land at the airport. The air controller or tower operator explained conditions a...
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