For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
I like food BUT... I am not what one would call a foodie, but I do like to try different things. I’ve done some traveling across these United States and Canada and learned most regions have some interesting selections which can’t be found anywhere else. I’ve also learned that in every case these regional foods …
A week later Well, once again we’ve completed the annual festival of carbs, candy, and creative lies, we call Christmas. It’s an interesting festival, filled with Church Fellowship, silent nights of family togetherness, and an attempt to break all seven deadly sins. I mean Gluttony and Sloth are easy with all that food around, but …
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Holidays are fascinating You know a funny thing? You can almost make anything relatable to the holidays. Cooking dinner for instance. Cooking dinner is a mundane task you gotta do every day, but on the holiday it’s special. Even fixing your car becomes a treat on the holiday. Think about it; All the guys are …
My Grandparents tradition My grandparents had a seven-foot, aluminum foil, Christmas tree every year. It stood on a base that spun it around. On it hung blue and green balls, nothing else. Above it was a yellow light and below was a spinning thing that changed the floodlight illuminating it from red to blue to …
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A moment of revalation Has anyone ever said to you, “Just a moment”?? Then, have you wondered how long you were supposed to wait? Well, that exact thing happened to me, just the other day. I was holiday shopping with my wife and daughter. My wife went off to purchase my Christmas gift and I …
A little bit of history In 1897 an eight-year-old girl, named Virginia O’Hanlon, wrote the New York Sun, a newspaper which is now out of business, a letter asking is there was a Santa Claus. The answer to her question, “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus”, has become the most reprinted article in the …
Welcome Christmas Fa who foraze Well, the Christmas season is upon us. Now, I know the reason for the season and why we celebrate. Plus, it’s very important to donate to various charities and help at food banks this time of year, but I’m also very greedy. I love to get gifts. Experience has taught …
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A Mr. Ohh’s sideways view EXTRA. Wow people is this ever exciting. Today is world laughter day and I truly feel I’m not doing my share. Earlier I went outside, stood in the yard and threw pies in people’s faces, but the pedestrian community I live in just called the cops. The fine wasn’t too …
My friend Bob once told me that he had the prospicience, that his fulsome bonhomie campanology personalia would be a schwag, or lagniappe, to depute among his janissary of hyperborean hobbledehoys in the sodality. I indited a message saying he should stop this farrago and embrace lagom. As an example, I used an aphyllous tree, …
Have you noticed how amazingly fast Christmas disappears? It’s true. The local radio station, and every store has been playing holiday tunes for months and you were about to go crazy. Then two days later when you finally have your holiday party, and you ask for just one Christmas tune to liven things up they’re …
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Mr. Ohh!'s Sideways View 