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Svengoolie Saturday Night Movie: The Wolf Man
Here’s a suitable sort of dad joke Svengoolie style for the 1941 horror movie classic, The Wolf Man: What do you call a dirty joke about the wolfman given at the strait-laced werewolf convention? A howler. See what I did there? It puns on the word “howler” defined as an embarrassing mistake that evokes laughter,…
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House Finches at Home in Fake Christmas Tree
We managed to get some critter cam footage of the male and female house finch pair nesting in the fake Christmas tree in our front entry way yesterday. Crank up the volume on your audio to hear them singing. The male sports a red face and chest. The female is plain brown except for brown…
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House Finch Nesting in Our Artificial Christmas Tree!
A couple days ago, Sena found a bird’s nest in our front porch artificial Christmas tree. The small nest is made from the clippings of Sena’s ornamental grasses. It has 4 small eggs, which are white with dark specks. We could hear a bird singing while we were sitting in the house and it always…
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Jim Does the Walmart Self-Checkout
Yesterday I did the Walmart self-checkout thing after grocery shopping. Sena told me a few weeks ago that she saw some people abandon their full shopping carts and just walk out of the store after learning they might have to use self-checkout. I had mentioned to Sena that I probably would try the self-checkout on…
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Cat-astrophizing About the Association Between Cats and Schizophrenia Risk
It seems like every few years there is a spate of news stories about the supposed risk of developing schizophrenia from having a pet cat. The bottom line is that there is no direct link, but you can’t tell a reporter that. I mentioned the issue in a blog post about a feral cat in…
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Still Working on That Shower Juggle!
I’ve been working on that shower juggle pattern for a year now. Progress is slow but a couple of days ago, I noticed it got better when I held my arms pretty rigidly within the pane of glass. You can still tell I tend to morph between a half shower and a full shower. It’s…
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Svengoolie Movie: Island of Terror!
The Saturday night Svengoolie movie was Island of Terror. This one was released in 1966 and starred Peter Cushing as one of the scientists who battle monsters who are snacking on the skeletons of humans. The monsters are also silicon-based. These two elements reminded me of a couple of other things. One was the short…
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KCCK Big Mo News and More
Well, ever since last fall, the Iowa jazz and blues radio station KCCK has been available only on channel 88.3 FM on our radio dial. Channel 106.9 has been out for months. We just found out that 106.9 is now working again and has been for over 3 weeks. It has been a translator channel…
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This is National Scrabble Day
I almost forgot that April 13 is National Scrabble Day. I don’t think I’ve ever blogged about it before, so I’ll inflict some thoughts on you now about it and add some others about International Cribbage Day, which is on February 10 annually—and which I evidently tend to forget every year. The big news about…
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Shoehorn Thoughts
Sena got us three new shoehorns. They’re different sizes: the usual 6-inch, an 11-inch, and a 16-inch. Of course, you could ask why anyone would need a 16-inch shoehorn. The simple answer is that it’s to help you get your boots on. But would you be able to get it on an airplane in your…
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