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Open Season on The Young Rev. Joe

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in Randomness | 2 Comments »

Outsized would have described my Uncle Sam, Irene’s husband.  He had an outsized personality, and he was prone to tell outsized tales of questionable veracity. He was physically a big man. I do not know what his height was, but ...

Yo…Melinda

Monday, August 30th, 2010 Posted in Randomness | 1 Comment »

Happy Birthday Hope you have a good day off September 3rd!

¿Quién es este hombre?

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 Posted in Rev. Joe Dirt's Ramblings | 1 Comment »

This is a presentation that I wrote for the beginning Spanish class I am taking.  I am not sure how this sounds to Latin ear, but I suspect like a fifth grader's report.  I'm just now learning to use past tenses.  ...

The Raping of America

Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Posted in Politics, Red Flag, Right Conduct | 4 Comments »

Now That's Rich - New York Times op-ed piece by Paul Krugman From the article: "We need to pinch pennies these days. Don’t you know we have a budget deficit? For months that has been the word from Republicans and conservative Democrats, ...

Does Ice Cream Cause Breast Cancer?

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in Red Flag, Right Conduct, Science | 2 Comments »

Is Your Favorite Ice Cream Made With Monsanto's Artificial Hormones? - Huffington Post Article Why my title?  It is a quick synopsis of the article by John Robbins in Huffington Posts. Basically rBGH, artificial growth hormone that is so prevalent in ...

Did Ya Hear…

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010 Posted in Really Bad Jokes | 4 Comments »

Rosemary was two-thyming Basil?  Many folks were wondering how sage this was.

High Cost of Cheap Eggs

Friday, August 20th, 2010 Posted in Red Flag, Right Conduct | No Comments »

Lessons From the Egg Recall: Cheap Food Makes You Sick - Huffington Post Article I moved to cage free and preferably free range eggs a while back.  I’ve given up mayonnaise because the eggs in it come from such places.  While ...

Sexy Defined

Monday, August 9th, 2010 Posted in Randomness | 1 Comment »

Another story for the grandkids…about grandkids.  When my son was around 3 or so we were all at my mother’s house for dinner.   My mother is very strict about manners and all the grandkids knew that unquestionably.  They all tried their darnedest ...

Rev. Joe Encounters a UFO

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 Posted in Randomness | 2 Comments »

In 1973 I had moved back to Oklahoma from Rhode Island for various reasons.  The primary one was that my father (and family) had been transferred overseas several months earlier.  This left little ole lonesome me all alone in big ...

Oui, Oui

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 Posted in Randomness | 2 Comments »

This is for the grandkids… When my son was but a wee laddie, say around 4 or 5 I told him the following joke: An American was driving in France.  He sees a pretty, young French woman walking besides the road.  He ...