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JUST ONE COLOR – MORE OR LESS
CFFC: Colorful Monochromes I was unsure of the percentages, but all of these are predominantly one color or a mix of colors, like autumn foliage. The first picture is not black and white. It looks that way, but it was… Read More ›
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HOLLYWOOD WILL CALL, SOMEDAY (BUT IT BETTER BE SOON)
My monthly royalty payment from Amazon came in yesterday. I was pleased to see it was the same as last month. A total of $2.57 was directly deposited into my checking account. I am not sure how many book sales… Read More ›
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MEDIA WAR STORIES – EPISODE 16
A DAY EARLY AND FUNNIER THAN EVER
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IF TV HACKERS WERE REAL
I watch a lot of TV. Probably too much. I’m fond of action shows and I’m especially fond of all the comic book shows. The one thing all these shows have in common is at least one computer genius. A… Read More ›
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MAY IS GONE! WHAT HAPPENED?
Share your World 29th May It is Memorial Day, the “unofficial” start of summer which for almost everyone in the Northern Hemisphere is the real beginning of summer. However, June first is the start of meteorological summer, and Wed, Jun 21,… Read More ›
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THE ART & SPORT OF BARGAIN HUNTING
I have acquired a lot of sweaters over the years. This is New England. Winters are long. Heat is expensive. Sweaters fill the gap. This morning I noticed more than half my sweaters are purple. I’ve got a few in black, a couple in… Read More ›
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FRIED SPAM
Spam Comment of the Week — Week 21 2023 I got a bunch of them this week or maybe it has been a couple of weeks. I don’t look very often, so it could have been a month. Dooes yoᥙ sikte… Read More ›
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SUPER SERENDIPITY SUNDAY SONGS
Terrific Top Ten Tunes, by Rich Paschall Welcome to the Serendipity Sunday School and Serenity Center for some super sounds of severe and sweet songs. The magical, mirthful, and mellifluous melodies mean many magnificent memories for the modern multitude. These… Read More ›
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HOW LITTLE HAS CHANGED: WAR & POLITICS IN 1920s CARTOONS
FELIX THE CAT RUNS FOR OFFICE, REVOLTS AGAINST CITY HALL, AND JOINS THE ARMY: 3 ORIGINAL CARTOONS Although many people have said these cartoons are all dated, looking at them today — disregarding the primitiveness of the style — it… Read More ›
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LISTEN FOR THE BELLS
Originally posted on Los Perdidos:
?This is a story about Sarah who was in the fertilized egg business. She had several hundred young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. She kept records and any rooster not performing went… -
HONOR THE FIGHTERS WHILE HATING THE WAR
WQ #21: Is Being Honorable Better Than Happiness? Being happy — really happy — is always a better choice than pretty much anything else. Words like honorable always leave me wondering what exactly it means? By whose standards? I have my… Read More ›
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PLAGUE’S END
Flashback Friday – Black Death Since we have so recently gone through our own plague, it seems a good time to remember those good old days of the Black Death. This was originally published in 2020, but I have substantially… Read More ›
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ENGLISH AIN’T EASY
Let’s face it. English doesn’t always make sense. HOMONYMS sound the same, but don’t mean the same TO-TOO-TWO all sound the same. The first is a pronoun. The second means “also” and the final is a number. ONE-WON – unless… Read More ›
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GREAT CORMORANT!
Great Cormorant, Bird of the Week XIII It sounds like the kind of cursing Clark Kent’s boss at the Daily Planet used. “Great cormorant, what are you writing Clark?” As it happens, I do have a few cormorant pictures from last… Read More ›
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A GREAT BLUE HERON IN THE MUMFORD RIVER
As we arrived by the dam, there was a huge heron in the river. One of the delightful things about herons is that they will stand very still for long periods of time while waiting for just the right fish… Read More ›
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MORE GREAT BLUE HERON
I took a lot of pictures, so I got a few more ready to go. I am going to make a print of one of these — but I’m not sure which one. This means I was doing double duty… Read More ›
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WORKING FROM HOME
Fandango’s Provocative Question #215 Before we get into this, let me start by saying that I think Elon Musk is a very wealthy moron. The two things, as we have seen with our former Prez #45, are not contradictory. You can… Read More ›
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THERE’S AN “I” IN MAY
CMMC – May Alphabet any word with an “I” There may not be an “I” in team, but this month, there’s an “I” in May.
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LOCAL ELECTIONS AND HAND-WRITTEN BALLOTS
In theory, these are the safest ballots if the only safety you are worrying about are GOP cabal theories of stolen elections. Otherwise, they are a total pain in the butt. You make any little tiny mistake in filling them… Read More ›
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DOWN ON THE FARM
CFFC: Farm Animals A lot of the farms along the river have been sold during the past few years. Part of it was probably lockdown and the problems of maintaining the farm without much help. There were other problems among… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 