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The public of our civilization can think, say, and do many different thing at any given time in the grand human experiment that we all experience every day, all of the time.

Unlike the dog, I am perfectly capable of typing my own column. After all I've spent plenty of time on Mom's keyboard, though until now, I've kept my typing talents secret.
Unlike the dog, I am perfectly capable of typing my own column. After all I've spent plenty of time on Mom's keyboard, though until now, I've kept my typing talents secret.
 
This is a story about how my wife outfoxed me.
 
This year for the first time, we're going on a European river cruise. We've taken several bike and barge trips over the years, one in the Netherlands and two in France, and one biking/sailing trip to the Greek Islands.
This year for the first time, we're going on a European river cruise. We've taken several bike and barge trips over the years, one in the Netherlands and two in France, and one biking/sailing trip to the Greek Islands.
 
Thank Heaven! Here Comes The Good Guys!...Or are they?
 
Whether we know it or not Wal-Mart is controlling us & there is nothing we can do about it.
Whether we know it or not Wal-Mart is controlling us & there is nothing we can do about it.
 
Certainly not this boy! While I prefer to be called Lord Banjo, as is only my due given my royal lineage (more on that in my very first blog), I will answer to Banjo Boy, Buddy Boy, the Prince and even just Banjo, but I draw the line at Ninja dog.
Certainly not this boy! While I prefer to be called Lord Banjo, as is only my due given my royal lineage (more on that in my very first blog), I will answer to Banjo Boy, Buddy Boy, the Prince and even just Banjo, but I draw the line at Ninja dog.
 
Another thorny issue solved by me. You are very welcome.
 
For the life of me I don't understand why I can come up with these brilliant ideas & you can't.
 
In the future, if you want your brain fixed, you will find lots of people capable of fixing it. If you want your furnace fixed, you are going to be left out in the cold.
In the future, if you want your brain fixed, you will find lots of people capable of fixing it. If you want your furnace fixed, you are going to be left out in the cold.
 
Be sure to read all the way through because the Big Thing is not the Big Thing you are thinking it is.
Be sure to read all the way through because the Big Thing is not the Big Thing you are thinking it is.
 
This Mother's Day is another without my mom, who passed away in 2014. I won't be searching for the perfect card, preparing a Mother's Day dinner or making plans with my sisters to take Mom out.
This Mother's Day is another without my mom, who passed away in 2014. I won't be searching for the perfect card, preparing a Mother's Day dinner or making plans with my sisters to take Mom out.
 
The poor guy was all alone in the midst of 40 other people.
 
Smokey The Bear Was Looking Right At Me, Therefore, I Know He Blamed Me!
Smokey The Bear Was Looking Right At Me, Therefore, I Know He Blamed Me!
 
Call a library information line? Seriously? Believe it or not, that resource still exists and is used regularly.
Call a library information line? Seriously? Believe it or not, that resource still exists and is used regularly.
 
Remember when anything anti-Clinton was deemed the product of a vast right-wing conspiracy? Well I just had a flash: Donald Trump running for the Republican nomination exists because of a vast LEFT-WING conspiracy.
Remember when anything anti-Clinton was deemed the product of a vast right-wing conspiracy? Well I just had a flash: Donald Trump running for the Republican nomination exists because of a vast LEFT-WING conspiracy.
 
It’s like the Kennedy Assassination ... I remember where I was.
It’s like the Kennedy Assassination ... I remember where I was.
 
If we think of balance at all, most of us think of work-life balance and the never-ending struggle to make time for work, family and even, selfishly, ourselves
If we think of balance at all, most of us think of work-life balance and the never-ending struggle to make time for work, family and even, selfishly, ourselves
 
Ah yes, Daylight Saving Time is here, but I try not to let that change affect my morning routine.
Ah yes, Daylight Saving Time is here, but I try not to let that change affect my morning routine.
 
Silly me. I once thought only one person in the Good Ole USofA was stupid enough to Text While Driving.
Silly me. I once thought only one person in the Good Ole USofA was stupid enough to Text While Driving.
 
What's in a name? That which we call a Martavious by any other name would sound as silly.
What's in a name? That which we call a Martavious by any other name would sound as silly.
 
With a nod to Bob Dylan, the words they are a-changin', and I find plenty of the changes disconcerting.
With a nod to Bob Dylan, the words they are a-changin', and I find plenty of the changes disconcerting.
 
Why we name our children what we name them is impossible to explain but I'll try.
Why we name our children what we name them is impossible to explain but I'll try.
 
This column was dictated by Lord Banjo the family dog. He's too much of an aristocrat to do his own typing.
This column was dictated by Lord Banjo the family dog. He's too much of an aristocrat to do his own typing.
 
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
That's the title of a Wall Street Journal article by Oliver Kamm. Horrors! For a dyed in the wool grammar geek and word nerd, this article is hard to take.
 
It's happening again: a topic catches my eye and suddenly I see it everywhere until usually it disappears. The topic of cursive writing or the lack thereof caught my attention a few years back but has yet to show any signs of fading away.
It's happening again: a topic catches my eye and suddenly I see it everywhere until usually it disappears. The topic of cursive writing or the lack thereof caught my attention a few years back but has yet to show any signs of fading away.
 
Running through my brain this week are thoughts of the disorientation I experience when we "spring forward" each year.
Running through my brain this week are thoughts of the disorientation I experience when we "spring forward" each year.
 
Actually, the question is, "how smart do others think you are?" I found this article in the WSJ fascinating: How to Look Smarter.
Actually, the question is, "how smart do others think you are?" I found this article in the WSJ fascinating: How to Look Smarter.
 
In the world of Modern Education things are a changing.
In the world of Modern Education things are a changing.
 
For me, it's always been red. Anyone who knows me has heard me say that the only colors I need in my closet are black, white, red and purple.
For me, it's always been red. Anyone who knows me has heard me say that the only colors I need in my closet are black, white, red and purple.
 
Why does our Judicial System insist on going to all the time & expense of trying already convicted persons?
Why does our Judicial System insist on going to all the time & expense of trying already convicted persons?
 
I can just hear the indignant attorney pleading his case…”You Honor, This is negligence! … It is pure and simple negligence!”
I can just hear the indignant attorney pleading his case…”You Honor, This is negligence! … It is pure and simple negligence!”
 
I've never needed an excuse to read; I've more often felt the need to defend my early to bed reading habit.
I've never needed an excuse to read; I've more often felt the need to defend my early to bed reading habit.
 
Death is waiting behind Hospital Emergency Room Doors.
 
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