Posted in February 27th, 2019
Pretty much, I do not generally view Green Onions (Scallions) as being particularly evil. You slice them up and use them as a garnish on a gazzilion dishes. The usual taste is so mild that the fun is more in the crunch than in the bite. Three years ago Jan and I were returning from […]
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Posted in March 13th, 2017
In my time I have been to several parades, they are well orchestrated events with elaborately decorated floats, marching bands and local clubs. One of the biggest parades is the Calgary Stampede Parade. It is very much a celebration of the old frontier starring over 1000 horses and a fleet of street cleaning trucks (to […]
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Posted in August 3rd, 2016
One of the jobs in keeping Bloggernews.net interesting is seek out new writers, new faces to add insightful and thought provoking articles. I recently received an email from a gentleman who was interested in lending his talents to the cause. All I knew about him was that he was looking to get a little exposure […]
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Posted in February 23rd, 2016
Normally, we wouldn’t bother with a Facebook flame war. However, a “stand up comedian” by the name “Dr.” David Robinson posted some pretty unfunny things regarding child molestation on Facebook. The exchange was forwarded to us by an observer. “Dr.” David Robinson seems to think that in a flame war, calling your opponent a “child […]
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Posted in June 29th, 2014
Just over a year ago I had my first encounter with two enterprising inventors Christopher Oliver and James Vilipeg. At that time they were working hard promoting their now world famous ‘Potty Mouth’, a must have accessory for any toilet. You can read my review here. Yesterday the illustrious pair emailed me about the latest […]
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Posted in May 5th, 2014
I don’t generally write articles about bodily functions, I stick to the body associated with the function. But this one was just too good to ignore. As an editor of a news site I get a gazillion press releases every day. Most I do not read. This likely is the reason that one of my […]
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Posted in February 28th, 2014
My journey continues, you can read about it here. I have to admit that I have been ducking Ramen Noodles for a couple of weeks. Not even I was quite ready to take the Kippers and Ramen challenge. But it was time to do something. Pretty much the only tools needed this time are a […]
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Posted in November 30th, 2013
When the big supertyphoon hit south of where I live in the Philippines, and all my friends and relatives were emailing me if I was okay. Why, yes, I answered: The Signal 4 super-typhoon hit south of us. But we were badly hit by an ordinary Signal 3 typhoon a few weeks earlier, which destroyed […]
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Posted in August 5th, 2013
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It’s an open secret that the Obama administration dislikes the right wing, especially tea party types. So when the press goes out of their way to coverup the administration’s mistakes, such as allowing Susan Rice to insist that Benghazi was a riot caused by a second rate porn film, one can only shake one’s head […]
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Posted in June 25th, 2013
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Back when the people of Iran were busy protesting their election being stolen, I found out about a program called “TOR”. Webpage here. The Tor software is a program you can run on your computer that helps keep you safe on the Internet. Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of […]
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Posted in June 1st, 2013
I get all sorts of Press Releases, but Potty Mouth takes the prize. What is not to love about a device that attaches to your toilet seat and gives a stern warning if you leave the seat in the upright position? For some reason (and I am 57 years old, so I know a thing […]
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Posted in February 14th, 2013
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This week we Catholics celebrate Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. A lot of good Catholics were slightly hung over from too much Mardi Gras on Tuesday, but never mind: The idea is that “there is a time to party and a time to fast”, and now the time to fast has arrived. Traditionally, at […]
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Posted in January 26th, 2013
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The Aliens are coming! The Aliens are coming! Or maybe not…. One of the amusement of studying ancient history is how all those sophisticated Yanks seem to think “primitive” people are stupid, so anything they don’t understand is attributed to “Aliens”. As Chesterton once quipped: Once people stop believing in religion, they start believing in […]
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Posted in December 3rd, 2012
We were told, point blank, that we don’t, by a local government employee. Here’s the story. In the tiny town we live in, apparently there have been an increasing number of code violations regarding, among other things, people parking cars on their lawns, off the driveway. My wife, returning from our town’ s annual Christmas […]
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Posted in November 21st, 2012
In school I was reasonably good at math, I can’t say that it was my favorite subject, I hated them all with varying levels of vehemence. For example I could see no good reason to learn Latin, it hasn’t been spoken for centuries. Unless you were planning on becoming Pope, it seemed a waste of […]
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Posted in October 22nd, 2012
YouTube is full to the gills of cats, dogs, and children doing strange things. They are amusing, but I have a video that makes them all seem boring and mundane! My wife claims that I know the strangest people, I disagree, doesn’t everyone know a few ex-mobsters, FBI and CIA types, musicians, and a few […]
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Posted in October 5th, 2012
I spend most of my time with Authors, Musicians, and Film Makers. I think it is fair to say that they are mostly eclectic and eccentric. The creative process is not an easy road. I live in rural Mississippi, so how on earth I managed to bump into Washington State inventor Mack Burleson is still […]
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Posted in September 22nd, 2012
When you turn on the TV and tune into any of the ‘news’ networks (I do use the term news loosely) all you hear is doom and gloom. The Middle East is like a huge Whack-a-Mole booth. Fix one problem, and two more rear their ugly heads. The US news is just as depressing, the […]
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Posted in September 21st, 2012
The Ig Nobel awards have been a great event for many years. They offer the chance to celebrate the hard work of really smart people. The world is used to the Nobel prizes, these accolades are handed out (mostly) to men and women that have made a major contribution to the world as we know […]
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Posted in August 23rd, 2012
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“So JFK is going to be the new president. Right? Not so fast. Some goober decides to drive up to the Kennedy compound with dynamite in his car….” I have a long memory, so I’m still unwilling to bet that Mitt Romney will win or keep the Republican nomination, much less the election. I know […]
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Posted in July 28th, 2012
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This morning I rose and read the “sermon of the day” before I went to church, and sure enough, another highfalutin sermon on the Good Samaritan. For those who are not Christian, this is one of Jesus’ stories about a man beaten by robbers who was helped by a passerby who belonged to a rival […]
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Posted in June 14th, 2012
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This year’s presidential campaign has been going on forever, and it still has five months to go. But silly season is here: The dog days of summer are still to come, but we already see the campaign going to the dogs. First, we had Romney putting his carsick dog on the top of the car, […]
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Posted in April 14th, 2012
My apologies for stealing the title from the late Sandy Denny and her fabulous song Who Knows Where The Time Goes, but it seemed fitting. Who does know where the wind goes? Every TV station in the country has a Weatherman, likeliest the most unpopular star of the station. Most are about as exciting as […]
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Posted in March 16th, 2012
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I see the anti Asian mafia have a new scalp on their belts, with the conviction of an Indian born student for a “hate crime” and invasion of privacy. But lost in the homophobia meme of the politically correct is a question: Do students have the right to privacy in one dorm’s room? Because in […]
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Posted in February 11th, 2012
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It is written in oh so politically correct language, but it should set off alarm bells. A US government appointed ethicist at the National Institutes of Health just wrote an article in the Journal of Medical ethics (which can be read at the British Medical Journal website)Â proposing the handicapped should be killed for organ […]
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Posted in February 11th, 2012
It would appear that presidential wannabe Mitt Romney is fighting a similar battle as Rick Santorum on the internet search giants Google and Bing. Santorum’s anti gay comments led to the web site SpreadingSantorum.com being created. To say the least the site is not very flattering. To make matters worse a Google search on ‘Santorum’ […]
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Posted in December 5th, 2011
In the introductory article I made mention of the well known Russian psychic Nina Kulagina. There is enough black and white film evidence that still survives today that begs the question, did she really have the powers to remotely control objects? Do photographs and video prove facts, or not? That is a very deep question. […]
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Posted in December 2nd, 2011
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by author p.m.terrell, asking if I’d like to take a peek at the galley for her upcoming book Vicki’s Key. Having worked with Patricia in the past on some of her other books I readily said yes. She is an accomplished author of thought provoking novels. Vicki’s […]
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Posted in December 1st, 2011
As if there are not enough wonderful ways to fritter the day away online, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to name but a few, Google has now got into the act. In a glorious piece of high tech nerding they have rolled out a truly amazing piece of nerdery with the latest upgrade to Google Analytics. […]
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Posted in November 24th, 2011
For many years people have flocked to Las Vegas for the opportunity to ‘get rich quick’ on the gaming tables, and get ‘hitched’ in one of the many Wedding Chapels that adorn the city.For those in a rush, there are even ‘Drive Thru’ options. In less time than it takes to order a couple of […]
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