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DannyM
Aug 2921 min read
PRIME RIB: OUR COMPREHENSIVE SHOPPING & COOKING GUIDE
Rather than painstakingly restore all of our various Prime Rib essays, we've consolidated them right HERE. Simple & Attainable...
DannyM
Mar 199 min read
OUR FAVORITE THINGS-- Preferred & Proven Products
We don't do paid ads... yet. But when we find products we like, we're happy to sing their praises. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on...
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DannyM
4 days ago4 min read
AND SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS, PART IV-- Christmas Music
More than any other holiday, Christmas goes hand-in-hand with music. The LP (as in long-playing) 33 1/3 RPM vinyl phonograph record first...
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DannyM
Oct 264 min read
MY SEMI-ANNUAL DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (DST) RANT
(And yes, it is SAVING, not SAVINGS.) At 2:00AM on November 3rd of this year we set our clocks back one hour. Deal with it. “Spring...
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DannyM
Oct 17 min read
THEY'VE RUINED THE SHOVEL!
“All improvement is change; However, not all change is improvement.” (AndyS.)
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DavidF
Sep 184 min read
MORE FEWSTER!
Thoughts on Billy Zoom, Co-Founder of LA Punk Band "X" Billy Freakin' Zoom BILLY ZOOM (by David Fewster) 1. For the past decade or...
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DannyM
Sep 172 min read
The SUPER BOWL, Re-Imagined
Here's an idea worth considering. The annual NFL Championship Game-- a.k.a., the SUPER BOWL-- will be played on Sunday, February 9,...
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DannyM
Sep 121 min read
$10.67 for 750ml of WATER. Seriously.
We knew inflation is an issue, but WTF? I just got a Facebook pop-up ad for some fancy water... " a hydration experience that will change...
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DannyM
Sep 1015 min read
POLITICS 2024 (NOTHING AGAINST CHEERLEADERS)
HOW TO SURVIVE UNTIL ELECTION DAY BY THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT POLITICS. “Hey-HEY! Ho-HO! < Insert Name Here > has GOT to GO!”...
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DannyM
Aug 86 min read
2024 NFL PREVIEW (& RANT)
As we transition from mid- to late summer, NFL teams are already well into preparations for the new season. Although we are still in the...
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DannyM
Jul 61 min read
AMERICAN-MADE (and EXPENSIVE)
Hurrah for those who diligently seek American-made products. Try not to go broke. Who says American manufacturing is dead? It isn't, but...
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DannyM
Jun 237 min read
THE DETERIORATION OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, CONTINUED
The state of American grammar is getting worse. Mrs. Reed was laid to rest a decade ago, but her spirit survives within the remaining few...
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DannyM
Jun 72 min read
SUMMER, ACT I
Summer is a 3-Act Play-- Early, Middle, and Late. To me, Act I means joy in the form of strawberries & fireflies & really late sunsets....
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DavidF
Apr 233 min read
ANGEL DUST
Another DavidF. Remembrance. We humans all live and die... beginning and ending approximately the same way... ashes to ashes. But along...
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DannyM
Apr 210 min read
THE GREAT CRÈME FRAÎCHE MURDER MYSTERY OF 2024
The age-old recipe for homemade crème fraîche suddenly stopped working, and DannyM. wanted to know why. If you really want to solve a...
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DavidF
Mar 188 min read
THE RETURN OF DAVIDF., POET
**Profanity Alert** (It's a Beat Poet Thing) Okay, it's David FEWSTER... promise you won't hunt him down for an autograph or debt...
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DannyM
Mar 23 min read
HOW TO FREAKING DRIVE
Alas, Cars and Babies Don't Come With Instructions. Cars are getting safer, but accidents like this are becoming commonplace. I've been...
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DannyM
Feb 228 min read
THE WARREN COMMISSION REPORT TURNS 60 THIS YEAR
...And it is widely regarded as a work of fiction. I was only five years old, but I clearly remember the handsome Massachusetts Irishman...
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DannyM
Feb 166 min read
MARBURY V. MADISON, 1803:
The cleverest negotiation trick in the history of the world. Imagine, if you will, that your precious feline companion is desperately in...
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DannyM
Jan 276 min read
NEW WORDS FOR 2024
I make up new words on occasion. (And you can, too.) Maybe they'll eventually show up here. Want to make your own new word? It's easy!...
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DannyM
Jan 208 min read
ANATOMY OF A REFUND
It's a jungle out there, but you can do this. Never get out of the boat... without your warranty, a notebook, and a few hours to spend on...
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DannyM
Nov 2, 20235 min read
THE ART OF THE PICKUP TRUCK, Part One
I didn't really need a new pickup truck... which, paradoxically, made this the best time to shop for one. Some things are...
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