There are a few law’s of nature, commonly attributed to Sir Sidney Fudd and his scientific partners in crime. The first law is called Fudd’s first law of opposition “If you push something hard enough, it’ll fall over.” See also Teslacle’s Deviant to Fudd’s Law: “Half of what goes in here must come out there.” […]
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My family owned various dogs, cats, hamsters, and guinea pigs over the years. There were two cats, Cinnamon and Blackie, Christie the short haired pointer, and Scamp the mutt. The most memorable of animals to me was a neighborhood mongrel dog named Spike. Spike was a largish, black and brown, thick furred dog of questionable breeding.
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Boomers of a certain age share certain memories in a global orgy of corporate knowledge. Now, I am not talking about baby boomers in general, just baby boomers of a certain age. What is that age, you innocently ask? Well the only age that I know about is presently 66. This, even though I have
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Why are we all so focused on getting the hell out of here? Somehow we always believe that the grass is greener somewhere other than where we currently are. This thought is blathered about endlessly in songs both secular and religious. I feel I must express opinions on several such songs OK maybe that was
Thinking back on my half century or so of life, I have noticed a general theme with regard to presidencies. They have little or no impact on my day to day life. If I were to have no knowledge of who was president and no knowledge of world events, I would have no clue that
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When I was in elementary school, I would often fake a stomach ache so that I could stay home and watch TV. It was great, because both of my parents worked. I had the whole house to myself and free run of the refrigerator. Once everyone was gone, I would slither down stairs to plant
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There was this fellow in our neighborhood named Tony Zostant. He was a curly headed, slender fellow with a hippie-ish demeanor. Amongst his many talents was the ability to ride a wheelie on a ten speed bicycle forever. I once saw him go the entire length of Grand Street riding a wheelie whilst giving the
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I remember … yes I remember. We were told to hide under our desks, or if things really went down the crapper, head into the hallway and cover our head with our hands. We were told that this would protect us in the event of a nuclear attack. None of us had a clue as
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I have a love hate relationship with downhill skiing. In fact I have not skied in several years due to this storied relationship. There was a period in my life when I did a bunch of cross country skiing. That proved to be far less painful than downhill, as you will come to realize
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Ya know, sometimes you can spend a lot of time in contemplation, only to later discover that what you were contemplating never really existed. I know, I know, this sounds like a zen riddle. The sound of one hand clapping, unheard trees dropping in the forest, why is man born to suffer and die, who
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