Me, a jaded 35-year Colorado veteran, just witnessed Knoxville handle an entire 8 INCH SNOWPOCALYPSE. Buckle up, y’all, because this ain’t your average blizzard. Here’s how it went down: Garbage Day? More like Garbage Week: Apparently, snow melts trash, so sanitation is on a “tropical siesta” for the next 7 days. Guess I’ll just admire […]
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Coronavirus Blues
Coronavirus Blues is now available as a song and music video. Musical arrangement by a work colleague, George Allaman, who did a great job! Click the image above to view on youTube. Original Lyrics By Michael Settles 3/27/2020 Stuck in my home with nowhere to go, Mesmerized by the news and feeling a bit low. […]
Summer is almost here and a recent quote suggested that we should start early in life to prevent wrinkles later. That quote prompted the notion that God already generously provided the perfect solution for handling wrinkles later in life, with zero personal effort required. First, he designed our vision with deteriorating parts that wear out […]
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Free Gifts from Amazon – Here’s How
Follow this simple plan that we accidentally discovered to start getting your free surprise gifts from Amazon! Our house was painted four months ago and procrastination ensued to replace the old house numbers that were removed with something more elegant. Soon thereafter, a package showed up at the front door from an Amazon delivery van. […]
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The Worst Negotiator on Earth!
This was part of an actual phone conversation last night, as I was reserving a Motor Home for a long weekend, after sticker shock over nightly internet rates. Upon hearing the very low rate for a three night rental I said, “Are you sure that is the correct rate? It was a lot more than […]
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Technology Trap
Latest Home Tech … front door lock keypad, garage door keypad, phone app to open garage door remotely. Never a need for physical keys again! Yesterday, after a walk around the block … painted the house last fall and garage door keypad not yet reinstalled. Front door keypad worked to lock the door when we […]
We unknowingly ordered this item, thinking it was a simple exterior house number. Instead, it was mistakenly shipped as the incredible product “Space, the Final Frontier”! Unfortunately, I was not present when Yvonne opened this amazing package and found … “Space” … nothing more … an empty box with no product and not even a […]
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A Bomb Cyclone!
The latest meteorologist and media craze that has swept the country to help entice us naïve consumers into frenzy and fear, so we are lured to their news product. Previously known by 100% of the population as “a big snow storm”, the new term provides a thrilling apocalyptic connotation that electrifies our emotions. Here are […]
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How to Catch a Mad Cow for Dummies
4:22 PM Wednesday, May 14, 2014 – Ring, ring, ring … “hello”. Exasperated and out of breath, Granddaughter Jacqi wails “Gr … ma, nee … huh … uua … cow … huh … ou!!! Come … huh … na!!! Hur!!!” Translation – Grandma, we need your help now! The cows got out! Come right now. […]
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Support the American Cancer Society
In memory of Gertrude Settles, my paternal grandmother, and Ed Dodd, my father in law, both having passed to heaven many years ago after lengthy battles with cancer, I am pleased to support the American Cancer Society with monthly contributions. Also thinking about and thankful for the countless family and friends who are currently fighting […]