Murphy’s Law has dictated the most recent set of circumstances happening here in the compound. Of that, I have no doubt. It all started several years ago when one of my beloved...
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Guacamole
gua·ca·mo·le n. A thick paste of mashed avocado, often combined with citrus juice, onion, and seasonings and usually served as a dip or in salads. [American Spanish, from Nahuatl ahuacamolli : ahuacatl, avocado + molli, sauce, paste.] Pasted from <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/guacamole> Put very...
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Nail It Down
Here are the facts that we know so far. About a month ago, two individuals each made a bad decision when they encountered each other one night. One of the individuals was...
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Strawberries, Dipping Chocolate, & Personal Hygiene
Back in my college days, I was subjected to a plethora of short stories in various English and Literature classes. The presumption here was that these particular stories had successfully made their mark on...
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Pavlov & The Brown Eyed Girl
Technically speaking, there are four brown eyed girls housed here in the TharpSter compound. Wifey and Juniorette make up the human part, and our two dogs have the other sets covered. Just for the...
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My Foray Into Edisonism
“Edisonism” is another one of those words that I made up on the fly while letting the digits fly across the keyboard. Never fear on the perils of using a virtual keyboard while...
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Something Stupid This Way Comes
It was the starter. Ironically enough, the test starts of the Jeep this last week didn’t reveal a starter problem when my mechanic was trying to recreate the non-start issue that Junior encountered...
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Vroom Vroom, Chunka Chunka
The Jeep *was* running better. Blame the Blizzard. Not the nasty snow storm, mind you. We don’t get those in my corner of Texas. I was talking about the ice cream treat. I figure...
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Regarding The Teutuls
Trying to choose one of these guys over the other is like making a choice in the GOP Primary. That’s the only political comparison I’m going to make in this dispatch. When...
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Here We Are Again
One of these days, ladies and gentlemen, I will actually take it upon myself to leave the compound and literally do something when I take time off from work at the auxiliary offices. I’m...
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