Post Views: 5,322 Yule is the original Norse-Germanic Pagan festival that marks todays Winter Solstice before it was replaced by the christian version of ‘christmas”. The lyric from “Deck the […]
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Post Views: 3,991 SCENE I. A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron. Sound of thunder, Enter the three Witches. ALL Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron […]
Double, Double, Boil and Bubble
Post Views: 3,582 In the early 1900’s a lowly pencil sharpener salesman named Burroughs took up the mantle of being a writer. He went on to write some of the […]
Burroughs Deeper
Post Views: 3,943 I have never liked my name Richard or dick for short. It’s always been a source of angst for me. My true first name is Richard which, […]
Richard, I am Truly a Dick
1 Post Views: 3,875 On December the 19th 1843 a novella written by Charles Dickens, arguably the most popular author of the Victorian era was published by Chapman & Hall. It […]
Dickens of a Holiday
Post Views: 3,737 Since it’s almost Thanksgiving, I thought I would do some research on the origins of some of my favorite holiday pie! What I found out is very […]
Holiday Pie, Me, Oh My
3 Post Views: 3,719 Since a big part of my job is providing phone support to folks you can only imagine the names I run across on a daily basis. It […]
Names We Should Really Stop Using
Post Views: 3,565 Working in the software industry for the last 10 years means I have had the pleasure of dealing with EVERY level of computer user you can imagine. […]
Math, Science and COMPUTERS
Post Views: 3,529 Today I would like to rant a bit about the overused term basically. I think they should outlaw basically. Seems like everyone from late night talk show […]
Basically they should Outlaw Basically
1 Post Views: 3,582 Ah its pumpkin pie time again! I love all pie but the pumpkin pie truley is the epitome of a delightful Thanksgiving meal in my opinion. How […]
Gourd you make a great pie.
Post Views: 3,590 Virginians claim that they actually held the first Thanksgiving festivities a full two years before the pilgrims of Massachusetts. Captain John Woodlief led a little ship called the […]
a little ship called the Margaret
1 Post Views: 3,676 Have you ever researched your own name? It really is fascinating stuff. When I was younger I was occasionally reminded by jovial teachers here and there that my […]