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I is for Ice Cream
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is I. Not much to write tonight – just a recommendation. If you like ice cream (and who doesn’t like ice cream?), and you find yourself anywhere near Mount Olive, NJ, check out Das Creamery on Route 46. They serve up the…
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H is for Homophobia, Hate Laws, and Nikki Haley
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is H. In North Carolina, they pushed through what they’re calling the bathroom bill. Among other things, it states that people must use public bathrooms that correspond to their gender at birth. The completely unreasonable reason for this is to prevent men who…
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G is for Goldfinches and Other State Symbols
I’m doing this Blogging A to Z thing. Today is G. The Tennessee legislature is trying to designate the Holy Bible as its official state book. Even the governor and attorney general of Tennessee are saying that’s unconstitutional. Also inconsequential; just a bit of election year posturing. New Jersey’s state bird, for instance, is…
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F is for Fifties (Mine, Not the Decade)
I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing. Today is F. Also TBT. I turned 50 last year. This was me on my 50th birthday, taking a break from shoveling. I probably spent a good chunk of that day muttering “I’m too old for this crap.” The truth is, for…
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E is for Eating Out
I’m doing this Blogging A to Z thing. Today is E. Eating out – really stretching for this one. :) My daughter’s got the week off from school, so we got together for dinner tonight. We normally spend weekends together, and spend a lot of that time running around doing things…
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C is for Coffee
So I’m doing this blogging A to Z thing for the month of April. I get Sundays off. Day 3 – C. “Hey, Steve, how do yo like your coffee?” “Black, like I like…” OK, not going there. I was 15 or 16 when I started drinking coffee. Mountain Dew…
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B is for Baking
Blogging A to Z (link over on the left). Day 2 – B. I’ve always cooked, and I’m pretty good at it. Working in food service all through high school and college, you pick up a few things. So, in my kitchen, recipes are suggestions, not instructions. I rarely baked,…
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A is for About me
Lately I’ve been feeling the need for some sort of creative outlet not connected to my job. And today I saw on Facebook that my sister-in-law, who is pretty much always engaged in something creative, was doing this A to Z Blogging Challenge. (There’s a link over on the left.) Long story…
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How it all started
In the fall of 1983, I started college as an engineering student. Along with the core science courses – Physics, Calculus, and Chemistry – we all had to take an English class. I forget the actual title, but essentially it was composition and literature, AKA readin’ and writin’. This class…
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