My Captor had a birthday yesterday. A big one, a zero ender – a hint, less than 100… Our sister-in-law,
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Hey Mr. Martini, how ‘bout some Christmas posts? Every Saturday in December, we will share a Beers at the Nifty
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Life so easy these days. Life so hard these days. When my mother said “Son, get on the stick”, she’d
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Every Saturday in December, we share a Beers at the Nifty “Christmas classic”. Today’s post originally ran 12/15/2021, to great
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I love traditions. They’re so traditional. They’re a large part of what makes this time of year feel familiar. ‘Familiar’
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Another ‘Christmas Classic’! Originally run in another galaxy far, far away… Christmas day, 2023 No one ever lists ‘selfless’ as
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Thanksgiving used to be so easy, so relaxing – my favorite holiday. But then ‘correctness’ struck, and things got complicated…
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Birthdays as different as the people they celebrate. Or don’t, as the case may be, me a bit of a
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Every Saturday in December, and a couple in November – even today’s pre-Thanksgiving, much to My Captor’s chagrin – we
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Anything – even the slightest inconvenience – disturbing my routine, sets me to grumbling. Daylight Saving Time is/was a minor
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