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From the “Close Enough to Pants On Fire For Government Work” Dept:
I recently came across a posting on Facebook sharing a video that was made by Representative Kat Cammack of Florida decrying the House of Representatives passing HR 5746 which had essentially been gutted by amendment from it’s original content as a bill authorising NASA to lease out underutilised property which was replaced by two House voting rights bills: HR 1 – For the People Act of 2021HR 4 – John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement…
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From the “I’d Rate It a Solid McKayla Meh!” Dept:
It seems like yesterday that I was writing last year’s “Urbi et Orbi” post on what was arguably one of the lousiest years I’d ever experienced in my entire life. Granted, that run included two divorces: being at Ground Zero of a rather unpleasant dispute between my parents that ultimately made history in North Carolina divorce law many moons ago as well as my own divorce whilst not the most pleasant or enjoyable experience was…
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From the “It Really Is A Wonderful Life” Dept:
Another year has gone by and I’ve made my annual pilgrimage to Bedford Falls and the townsfolk of that wonderful town kept me company as I was taking on a task that I rarely look forward to but 3M Company rather does when their profits shoot through the roof due to my usual cellophane tape usage in wrapping presents. Even in the most wretched times of my life, I have never missed seeing “It’s a…
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From the “Make a Joyful Noise” Dept:
Another year has gone by the wayside but I was absolutely adamant throughout this year that last year’s entry in the journey without Dad’s comforting presence would be the last one where I’d howl at the moon about his passing at least for a while. For me, it will always be a variation on the “stick your tongue where the tooth you just offered up to the Tooth Fairy used to be” but at least…
From the “Toe Pick!!!” Dept:
How to royally screw up your mind in three easy steps: The COVID Hurricanes called up 27 year-old AHL player Andrew Poturalski to fill one of six holes in the forward corps.Tripp Tracy starts talking about Alexei Ponikarovsky who played for Carolina and Los Angeles, the two teams featured in tonight’s tilt at PNC Arena.So thinking that I’d be a bit funny and mess with Nick’s mind a little bit, I mentioned that along with…
From the “Using All The Paint We Can” Dept:
This afternoon was Val’s memorial service and I dare say it was one she really would have liked. OK, truth be told…she’d preferred being in the audience far more than being than the guest of honour! “They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize that I’m going to miss mine by just a few days.”Garrison Keillor, “A prairie Home Companion” The music that was playing when…
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From the “Candle In The Wind” Dept:
Is it too late to give December a miss and go straightaway to the New Year? Between Darth RUUD acting weird, the Traverse practically blowing up on the motorway and watching a friend walking through the dark empty places from afar, it really has tried what passes for my patience when it comes to this festive season. Mind you, I’ve experienced worse almost six years ago but that was not intended to be a challenge…
From the “Time For The Egyptian Blessing” Dept:
May God be between you and harm in all the empty places where you must walk.Egyptian blessing, 18th dynasty This one has always been a favourite of mine and it is certainly getting some use these last couple of weeks on behalf of friends who are having to walk in very empty places right now. Faith and my heart tells me that they do not endure this journey alone for those of us who have…
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From the “We Really Miss You Uncle Charlie” Dept:
We all knew that the end of the Formula 1 World Championship with it all to play for in Abu Dhabi was going to be a right cracker of a race with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen level on points. And with the first ding-dong where Max lunged deep into Turn 5 and Hamilton avoided the collision by going off track and the resulting controversy in the opening lap, we surely weren’t disappointed. But nothing…
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From the “It’s Not Fortitude’s Mess” Dept:
These lovely leaves might well have led you to think of Fortitude doing a big dump of red leaves to the deck but this was actually outside of the Eastern Wake Regional Centre near Zebulon. After getting the booster jab, it was a very welcome sight indeed to see such a beautiful explosion of colour that I couldn’t help but to aim the iPhone’s camera at the massive pile o’ red leaves! 🙂 [ngg src=”galleries”…