Tuesday, February 22, 2022
TroubleMaker
Monday, February 21, 2022
The VooDoo Guy
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
Saturday 9: Rapid Roy
Friday, February 18, 2022
Old Newspapers
I love to look at old newspapers. This weekend, newspapers.com has its archives free to the public, and I've spent part of my day looking at old Virginia papers.
Seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. The papers I was looking at were in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
There is political news - back then, the areas that are now Republican were held by Democrats - and many editorials bat around various issues. The appointment of local judges seemed high on the radar. Also, there are stories about the price of things, businesses, agriculture, etc.
One amusing anecdotal story told about a judge in Lynchburg who always wanted order in his court. He looked to the sheriff, named only as "Bob S." in the story, to keep order. One day after a jury trial, the jury had to remain overnight. Sheriff Bob S. was looking after the 12 souls who finally reached a verdict, though they could not pronounce it until the next morning when court returned.
Good ol' Sheriff Bob S. took pity on the jurors who had to remain overnight, and he offered them some peach drink, which apparently was alcoholic, for when the jurors went back to court, they could not contain themselves and devolved into a raucous debauchery, telling jokes and laughing. The judge finally asked Sheriff Bob S. to bring about order, but as the sheriff had also partaken of the peach concoction, order was not restored because the Sheriff, in standing up to restore order, fell over, causing the jurors to laugh even more uproariously. The judge left the courtroom in a rage.
I didn't download a copy of that story, because it didn't pertain to my county, but it made me smile. We don't write stories like that anymore.
Here are some of the stories I have saved. They are all from the late 1800s, from about 1870-1890.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Poisoned!
Calling 1-800-222-1222 sends you to one of 55 poison control centers. One may also access a website (Contact Us (poison.org)) that allows one to input information and see if there is an issue.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Longing for a True Leader
Sunday, February 13, 2022
Sunday Stealing
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Saturday, February 12, 2022
Saturday 9: Valentine
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Thursday Thirteen
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
Memphis Dance
This is a guitar instrumental song that I wrote. The strumming is performed on an Epiphone Les Paul Special I electric guitar using an RC-3 loop station, which also supplies the drumbeat.
I am playing the lead on a Yamaha APXTZ, which is an electric travel guitar.
I was really just using this for practice but after recording it, I realized it was rather pretty.
(There's a jump in the recording, I think something happened in the upload, but if you're just listening and not watching it's not noticeable. I have very bad Internet service and it took over two hours to upload this little video, so I am always surprised if they upload without issue.)
Monday, February 07, 2022
Knock Off Poem
Sunday, February 06, 2022
Sunday Stealing
2. Something you own that you really should throw out.
3. The scariest animal
4. Apples or oranges
5. Have you ever tried to get an autograph from someone?
6. What happens when you die?
7. Favorite action movie
8. Window or aisle?
10. Your most popular app on your phone.
11. Least favorite smell.
15. The rest of your life in 5 words.
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