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Safety is No Accident

Spotted on the streets of Pittsburgh. I have no words.

March 2019 – Quote of the Month

“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The Hit and Run Breakfast

The humor in today’s video, speaks, I think, for itself. (But then again: I have a robust, dark sense of humor: so your mileages may vary.) This snippet is from Dragnet, The Hit-and-Run Driver which first aired April 6, 1967. In this snippet, Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partner Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan) meet …

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February 2019 – Quote of the Month

“The supernatural is the natural not yet understood.” ~Elbert Hubbard

Did Peter Make a Peter Joke?

Peter Brady, 'But I got Moby Dick for a brother.'

Continuing my observations of watching late night reruns, today I bring you a shocking Brady Bunch double entendre. In this scene, Peter storms in, thinking his brother Greg has taken the girl he wants to date. At first, he only calls Greg a, ‘rat’. After confronting Greg, Peter basically calls his brother a big putz …

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January 2019 – Quote of the Month

“How do I confront aging? With a wonder and a terror. Yeah, I’ll say that. Wonder and terror.” ~Keanu Reeves

Mike Brady’s AT-AT

Mr. Phillips enter's Mike's office and invites the Bradys to spend a day on his boat.

In my efforts to ease my mind into sleep at night, I like to watch older TV shows. I find little easter eggs in them. Some quasi-historical, most TV trivial, and some musings of my imagination. And it is from the latter, that I bring you an episode (#17) of the Brady Bunch, “Coming Out …

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December 2018 – Quote of the Month

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” ~Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ.K. Rowling

Iceland Seascape

The world doesn’t need another Iceland landscape photo. At least: not another unexceptional Iceland landscape photo. But I need a blog post and am out of time and out of sorts to do more than slap up one of the photos I took this year. Ergo: I give you: “Generic, but Lovely Seascape Captured in …

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November 2018 – Quote of the Month

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”  ~ FaramirThe Window on the WestThe Two TowersThe Lord of …

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Iceland’s Steinahellir Cave Signs

Steinahellir cave sign Iceland

Along the road, In the south of Iceland, near the Bay of Holtsós is a small cave. The cave is not very deep: little more than an alcove. It is so shallow, in fact that it gets enough light that the entirety of the cave is overgrown with ferns and moss. The small grotto is …

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October 2018 – Quote of the Month

“Listen to them — the children of the night. What music they make.” ~ Bram Stoker Dracula

Penny-ante

J. C. Penney's dressing room pincushion

I shop a lot with Amazon. A lot. – With few exceptions, I go to Amazon for 95% of my non-perishable purchases. But for some things, I still like to have an in-person experience. These things include: TVs and monitors (for first hand viewing of image quality), audio gear (hearing is believing), furniture  and vehicles …

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September 2018 – Quote of the Month

“Oh, life is like that. Sometimes, at the height of our revelries, when our joy is at its zenith, when all is most right with the world, the most unthinkable disasters descend upon us.” ~ Ralphie (Narrator) A Christmas Story by Jean Shepherd

Carol’s Dating Didn’t Go Well After Mike Brady Left the Family

Things were rough for Carol and the Brady family after Mike Brady left.

August 2018 – Quote of the Month

“I don’t want to hear the specials. If they’re so special, put ’em on the menu.” ~ Jerry Seinfeld

Insect Screens Will Not Stop Children from Falling Out of Windows

Insect screens will not stop children from falling out of windows. Keep children away from open windows.

I love product warnings about obvious things and I wonder if they’ve ever stopped a single injury. I figure if you’re not smart enough to figure it out on your own, you’re probably not smart enough to heed a warning. – Assuming you’re able to read in the first place. Of course, the reality is that …

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July 2018 – Quote of the Month

“Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people …

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And the Award for Most Wasteful Packaging Goes To…

Wasteful Amazon packaging for climbing slings.

The chain we use to hang our hammock has gotten tight as the trees have grown. I decided to replace them with webbing. So, along with a number of other items, I ordered two climbing slings at the same time. I received a few boxes including one each for the webbing slings.  It was actually …

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June 2018 – Quote of the Month

“Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.” ~John Adams

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