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Ice Cream
My grandfather loved ice cream. He ate ice cream year-round. He really liked making homemade ice cream. In the summertime, we would drive down to a gas station in the little town where they lived to buy a block of ice. When we got back to the house, he would drag out a gunnysack and [...]
Tagged food, PersonalMore on Medical issues
I recently emailed Dr.J of the Gormogons a few comments on his comments on my comments on his post about 3rd party payors in health insurance. Dr.J graciously responded. While I do have more comments/questions that are germane to the original topic, I realize that I have inadvertently strayed perilously close to “ongoing dialog” territory. [...]
Tagged health care, PersonalSome days are better than others
I spent yesterday in the northeast part Kansas. Lots of interesting history in the area, and they have a really interesting cemetery. I spent several hours there and saw some cool stuff. I’ve never seen a veterans section in a small town cemetery before. The one I visited appears to be all Civil War vets: [...]
Tagged KansasAnd you can do a lot of stuff in an hour and 11 minutes…
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Tagged numbers, Personal, pointless gestures, zombiesMerry Christmas
We, here in the Ratlands, wish you and yours a Merry Christmas. As a bit of a reminder (for some of my family, although they will probably never see it) that it wasn’t that long ago that a bountiful Christmas dinner was dependent on whether or not any of the family managed to shoot any [...]
Tagged food, Guns, Kansas, PersonalHell’s Angels
A really cool series of pictures of Hell’s Angels taken (but not published) for Life Magazine in 1965. (via the Agitator)
Tagged photography10440. True, but that’s your marketing pitch?
We’ve all seen those signs at the edge of town, “Population 6478″. Sometimes you see something like “Population 4997 friendly people and 3 old grouches”. Out in the western states you see “Elevation 6042 ft.” I’ve never seen one like this. (via the Agitator)
Tagged advertising, humor, PersonalYew git yer clothes on!
Borepatch talks about the 1970′s phenomenon of streaking. I had forgotten about the Ray Stevens tune The Streak. If you remember it, I’ll bet you haven’t heard it in 30 years or so. If you don’t remember it, you should hear it. Run on over to Borepatch and have a listen. Otherwise, you’ll miss out [...]
Tagged humor, Music