tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.comments2023-10-12T10:10:26.191-05:00Second EffortThe Curmudgeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comBlogger7730125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-20206867308480529652023-04-08T03:08:35.221-05:002023-04-08T03:08:35.221-05:00I really enjoyed reading your blog post on second ...I really enjoyed reading your blog post on second effort. I love that we're all on the same page. I can relate to what you're saying and I can't wait to get back on the road. I hope to see you soon! <a href="https://thegnomeshop.ca/product/7-dwarf-gnomes/" rel="nofollow">Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs</a>Steven Delgadohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10476741109472801315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-20680264051570647822022-04-16T17:13:07.373-05:002022-04-16T17:13:07.373-05:00You missed wonderful things not having a dog in th...You missed wonderful things not having a dog in the family. And you missed having your children raise the dog and the dog raise the children. My own life has been enriched with multiple dogs, and even more cats, each of which has its own personality. I have a cat now who will live with our dog on one side of the house but will not mix with the two other cats, who are brothers and best friends. The brothers are separated from him by a sturdy door with many panes of glass, so he can hiss at those two, about the sweetest cats I have ever known. <br /><br />We have one daughter, now 15, and our dogs have only ever been good for her. The generation she grew up with first was far older than she. We went three dogless years after the last of them moved to Doggie Elysian Fields, then got another pipsqueak of a dog, more a mouse really, who has the personality of a professional wrestler at times. <br /><br />Nor has the current tribe of animals much impeded things we want to do with Only Daughter. The dog accompanies us on travel, though admittedly, we have only traveled by car and only domestically. The cats remain at home with a daily visit from a sitter. They seem much gladdened when we return, sometimes after a month away. Next year will be an interesting challenge, as we fly to California for a week out West. I hadn't thought of how to handle the Mouse/Dog, but I have time to ponder. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-54798248310694966142022-04-12T09:14:15.989-05:002022-04-12T09:14:15.989-05:00Thank you, Anon. That is very kind of you to say....Thank you, Anon. That is very kind of you to say. My bank accounts say something different... but I suppose bank accounts can't read. I'm glad you stopped by.The Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723009641287783218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-81018193457192875522022-04-11T22:18:27.784-05:002022-04-11T22:18:27.784-05:00From the quality of your writing, I know you are b...From the quality of your writing, I know you are being excessively modest. I'm a formerly practicing lawyer, heavy emphasis on "formerly," and I am quite sure you are an asset to the profession and anything but a failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-43187933777223356602022-04-08T15:08:10.081-05:002022-04-08T15:08:10.081-05:00Enjoy. If people like doing these, I certainly enc...Enjoy. If people like doing these, I certainly encourage them to have fun. <br /><br />But definitely not for me. It seems as if our culture is constantly generating more occasions to celebrate ourselves. That sounds more curmudgeonly, harumphy, judgy, and get off my lawn than I intend. <br /><br />Have a good time. Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-91091827678223693912022-03-16T23:56:07.753-05:002022-03-16T23:56:07.753-05:00Congratulations. I bumped into your blog by happen...Congratulations. I bumped into your blog by happenstance, the circumstances of which I don't recall. I read your feed through a dashboard called Netvibes, so I am not sure if that records my visits. I hope so. I've been enjoying your writing in the few months since I discovered you and look forward to continuing my readership. Happy blogaversary! Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-11414590535469652122021-09-06T15:02:45.304-05:002021-09-06T15:02:45.304-05:00Kismet. I came over to read what you wrote way ba...Kismet. I came over to read what you wrote way back when linking to my 9/11 posts and here I find your first post in a couple of years. Ya still got it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-50390528102230545812020-03-28T00:57:37.062-05:002020-03-28T00:57:37.062-05:00In 1967 my health teacher came into the class room...In 1967 my health teacher came into the class room laughing his head off. It seems during lunch the teachers at Bremen HS would watch Bozo Circus. It just happened that this kid just won the grand prize game and master Ed ask him to say something to someone at home, his brother. With the middle finger up right in front of the camera he says, Right Here Harv. And the new catch phrase was on. That's the way it happened.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293982519446555161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-20248524105149856542019-06-04T05:24:14.199-05:002019-06-04T05:24:14.199-05:00Great post.Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-7356830921658446682019-06-04T04:53:12.419-05:002019-06-04T04:53:12.419-05:00Hi, just wanted to say, I liked this article. It w...Hi, just wanted to say, I liked this article. It was funny.<br />Keep on posting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-51407745881766577772019-05-21T04:39:53.907-05:002019-05-21T04:39:53.907-05:00Outstanding story there. What happened after? Take...Outstanding story there. What happened after? Take care!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-25126151798196558942019-03-23T08:02:28.279-05:002019-03-23T08:02:28.279-05:00Great article. I'm experiencing many of these ...Great article. I'm experiencing many of these issues as well..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-30368268258166512972019-02-23T22:45:49.028-06:002019-02-23T22:45:49.028-06:00Curmy I’m really sorry to read this. I hope things...Curmy I’m really sorry to read this. I hope things get better for you soon my friend. <br /><br />BeeEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-45523573807954635722019-02-21T13:36:53.816-06:002019-02-21T13:36:53.816-06:00Sorry to hear about your difficulties. Discovered...Sorry to hear about your difficulties. Discovered your blog recently and greatly enjoy reading you work. Your prospective as a Chicagoan and a lawyer are very illuminating and often time funny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-2665893841556448842019-01-08T12:40:59.490-06:002019-01-08T12:40:59.490-06:00My Amazon account predictions are pants as I use A...My Amazon account predictions are pants as I use Amazon for work searches and to buy non-local items for events and play days for work! so yes they can suggest another knitting manual, but no I don't want the latest crime writer, and no more pipe cleaners ever, please.<br />spent a week in your wonderful country and found that TV is very different from the UK, got given Netflix to 'play' with, my daughter is the nanny for the family and she gave me Nanny as the user name, watched lots of bake-offs, and other very British shows and checked the weather and news occasionally, overall I wouldn't like to swap or even bother with Netflix at home. Last day I mentioned to my daughter that I had been watching UK programmes and she shrugged and said that's okay wasn't her user name, but the children Grandmother know to them as Nanny! who visited a few times each year! oops hope she didn't mind too many UK shows showing up!Ruan Peathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999492027801288004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-74557132594849644692018-10-24T22:19:59.233-05:002018-10-24T22:19:59.233-05:00Well Curmy I don’t like him either but I do like t...Well Curmy I don’t like him either but I do like the low unemployment and his trying to fight the border fiasco and lots of other things he’s done. <br /><br />Nice to hear from you!<br /><br />BeeEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-33127132046933840252018-06-08T09:50:31.707-05:002018-06-08T09:50:31.707-05:00So glad you’re blogging again. I really enjoy you...So glad you’re blogging again. I really enjoy your tales of family life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-56208972523327294152018-04-14T15:55:45.399-05:002018-04-14T15:55:45.399-05:00I’ve missed you. Please don’t wait another year.I’ve missed you. Please don’t wait another year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-75243091135116720882018-04-12T09:12:31.028-05:002018-04-12T09:12:31.028-05:00Hey Curmy! Long time no see!
BeeHey Curmy! Long time no see! <br /><br />BeeEmpress Bee (of the high sea)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08300140506585000934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-24088878977969874622017-09-23T12:01:49.309-05:002017-09-23T12:01:49.309-05:00Hope things are good with you. You were always my ...Hope things are good with you. You were always my favorite blog friend I never met. Happened to look at my (long defunct) blog this morning and jumped to yours and can see it’s been a while for you, also. Sarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01405029949093739126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-18242190371301303602016-10-06T23:39:14.307-05:002016-10-06T23:39:14.307-05:00Perhaps youngest son should come to Ohio, where gr...Perhaps youngest son should come to Ohio, where graduating teachers get jobs. Our oldest daughter graduated after 3 1/2 years and promptly got her first job at a new school that opened in March. After a failed marriage and three little boys (teaching all the while), she continued to teach, schlep the little boys to a sitter, keep house and get her Master's + in reading, which is a very good thing for a primary teacher to have. She retired last spring after 35 years with about $80,000. a year retirement. Oldest boy is a Penn Law grad working in N.Y. and married to another Penn Law grad. Second boy used the Air Force to get a degree in Arabic to use as a flying decoder over the middle east, then got his computer engineering degree on Uncle Sam. Baby boy worked two jobs and paid for his whole degree, graduating debt free. I think your problem is Illinois, not your lovely son. I cannot imagine with you as his father, that they would dare to treat him so dreadfully. Must be those rotten, liberal colleges!Kaceyhttp://cookiesoven.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-63800351255386749982016-08-08T17:51:55.693-05:002016-08-08T17:51:55.693-05:00In the past elections i have been a switch hitting...In the past elections i have been a switch hitting voter. This year in the presidential election I will have to do a write in ballot. The candidate name who will be written in is N. O. ConfidenceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04019358871287344012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-63242081777152022232016-06-02T03:17:45.265-05:002016-06-02T03:17:45.265-05:00Sometimes the things we say come back to really bi...Sometimes the things we say come back to really bite us. I once said "There is no way in heaven or hell that I will ever vote for HRC" Oh, but there is. His name is D. Trump!In all the years I have voted, and that's a lot of years, he is the worst human being who has ever ran for President. There is absolutely no way I would ever vote for this despicable sad excuse for a person. Hell I wouldn't even vote him in as county dog catacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-56486997090182656932016-05-26T08:29:27.921-05:002016-05-26T08:29:27.921-05:00Truer words have yet to be spoken!!Truer words have yet to be spoken!!Steve Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782753143511525884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19673259.post-65939483034988068752016-02-18T00:52:54.096-06:002016-02-18T00:52:54.096-06:00Oh my goodness! I had that same maroon Voyager. I ...Oh my goodness! I had that same maroon Voyager. I am laughing!Chloehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03212538104590038601noreply@blogger.com