Category Archives: General Ramblings

Deep thoughts on the human condition.

Suffering From Seasonal Closet Schizophrenia

Posted on September 24, 2012 by pegoleg

Ah, fall… it’s my favorite time of year!  Soon the leaves will change color and the crisp-apple air will be tinged with wood smoke.  Then come endless frozen days of darkness that batter your soul until it dies. Whoa there!  … Continue reading →

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How Sharper Than A Serpent’s Tooth Is An Ungrateful Candy Manufacturer?

Posted on September 19, 2012 by pegoleg

Hershey, I’ve got a bone to pick with you.  A beef.  An axe to grind.  Now is the winter of my discontent made…well, you get the point. Some months ago, 18 of the sharpest tools in the WordPress shed teamed … Continue reading →

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Home Sweet McHome

Posted on September 14, 2012 by pegoleg

This was one of the first posts I ever did, back when I started a blog as a way to tell my family about my sister Lib and my trip to Ireland.  It’s only fitting that I repost it this … Continue reading →

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A Discussion of Modern Social Grooming

Posted on September 12, 2012 by pegoleg

I’m on vacation this week so I am resurrecting some old posts you may have missed.   I’ll try to stop by to chat sometime,  but I’m going to be really, really busy having fun, so don’t hold me to it. … Continue reading →

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Move Over Dear Abby

Posted on September 6, 2012 by pegoleg

Move over Dear Abby, there’s a new good-advice-giver in town. Well, don’t really move over because I believe Dear Abby is, as they say, 6 feet under and somebody else has taken her place.  But that’s not really important. The … Continue reading →

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Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Posted on September 5, 2012 by pegoleg

As I meander through the blogosphere this election season, the truly prodigious profile of Tiny Tim keeps popping into my mind.  His signature ditty, sung in that manly falsetto, warbles through my brain, “Tiptoe through the tulips…” Why is Tiny … Continue reading →

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Do You Have to Be That Monopoly Guy In The Silk Top Hat To Get Elected In America?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by pegoleg

There’s nothing wrong with rolling in the dough; heck, I’d LOVE to be able to do that.   But you shouldn’t have to be rich to get elected to public office.   That’s what it’s coming to in America. One of the … Continue reading →

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All Hail The Monday Grownup

Posted on August 27, 2012 by pegoleg

The alarum rings And up she springs Although she’d rather sleep in. Back to work She has to go To tame the debts she’s deep in. Downy pillows call him back, and horizontal beckons, But vertical’s what’s needed now to … Continue reading →

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Wearing My Heart On My Face

Posted on August 23, 2012 by pegoleg

I don’t play poker.  I don’t even play Poker Face, because I don’t have one.  Most every thought, every emotion that flits through my brain shows up on my face in glorious, soggy Technicolor. The other day I was watching … Continue reading →

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Flirting: Then & Now

Posted on August 20, 2012 by pegoleg

L’amour, toujour, l’amour. As the French so eloquently and succinctly say, it is all about love.  And flirting has long been the delightful prelude to love. In Victorian times, no properly brought up young lady’s education was complete without instruction … Continue reading →

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