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November is National Blog Posting Month NaBloPoMo!
I’m going to go out on a limb and give a shout-out to anyone who wants to participate in a national month-long event for blog posting. I just found out about it and it’s unofficial, but National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) has been going on for a while and the history along with other guidance…
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Thoughts on Rabies in Raccoons in Iowa
I’ve read the recent news reports about rabid raccoons in California. About two weeks ago while I was out for my usual walk around the block, I found a dead raccoon in the street. It was hard to tell if it was killed by a motor vehicle. There was no blood at the scene. I…
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Does Anybody Do Beggars Night for Halloween Anymore?
I heard about Beggars Night (which is tonight) when I was a kid back in the day, but my brother and I never went out the night before Halloween. I think the principal of Lincoln Elementary school (which was torn down many years ago) told us that going out on Beggars Night was not a…
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Jim Whistles “Anchors Aweigh”
I carefully “weighed” the decision on whether or not to whistle another tune, but figured I could make it through “Anchors Aweigh.” The history of the song is interesting and you can read about it here. My dad, John Amos, enlisted in the United States Navy when he was in the 11th grade during World…
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Reblogging “Working on a Simple Plan to Stay Fit?”
I’m reblogging the 2025 post “Working on a Simple Plan to Stay Fit?” mainly because I finally tried the dollar jump challenge again. They should call it the dollar bill jump chump challenge because there’s an easy way to win it. There are variations of it and one involves grabbing your ankles instead of grabbing…
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Full Hunter’s Moon 2026 with Jokes!
I was lucky enough to get a few shots of the full Hunter’s Moon over the last couple of days, starting on October 25, 2026. The Old Farmer’s Almanac says the best time to get a photo is on that night, but I took pictures through the trees. The next night on the 26th, I…
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Are We Ready for More Skeleton Jokes?
Hey, Halloween is just around the corner! I found a full skeleton hanging from a tree in a neighbor’s yard the other day, so I thought it would be a good time for more skeleton jokes. The skeleton was a Halloween decoration. I snapped a picture of it and put it in the featured image…
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Autumn in Red
We love the autumnal colors with all the yellows and reds. Sena caught the red theme in video clips really well the other day—maybe in a spooky way. She’s pretty good at seeing things that aren’t what she thinks. But we both got fooled on one of her clips. This reminded me of my recent…
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Svengoolie Movie: “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” We watched the 1943 movie “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” last night. It’s kind of like a boxing match: The Thriller for the Killers. The cast includes: Lon Chaney Jr (as Larry Talbot/the Wolf Man); Bela Lugosi (as…
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Jim Amos Whistles America the Beautiful
I found out I can fingerless whistle “America the Beautiful.” You want to crank the volume some because the last part of the video is a picture of the American flag waving in the wind and the wind sound effect is soft. The picture of the sky is from our walk on Scott Blvd near…
