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The Magic Of Lavender
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Far be it from me to discuss something so girly as lavender here on TharpSter.Org., however due to recent observations and coincidental correlations which were made subconsciously beyond my control, I feel compelled to do so. The color itself made a prominent [Read More]
Thor Tharp
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On this day 70 years ago, five years prior to the commencement of Operation Mogul, Odie and Carrie Tharp of Roswell, New Mexico (proper) welcomed a baby boy into the world and named him Thor Wayne. The name only stuck for an hour or so. After the couple came around [Read More]
Looking Back On Sunshine
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I don’t remember what the exact date was. What I do remember was that it was either at the very end of 1997 or the very beginning of 1998. Fourteen years. It’s probably all the better that I don’t remember the exact date that I lost [Read More]
Tis The Season
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*groan* Today, ladies and gentlemen, is the last day of my staycation. On a positive note, the debutantes and crackheads who represent Dallas in the NFL were sent home last night in a loss to the Giants. It’s a happy trade off. Short of calling criticizers of Herman [Read More]
Hashing The Rehash: The 2012 TharpSterLutions
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At about this time last year, I hatched a half baked idea to provide a monthly summary of the events of 2011. By the end of the year, I would have 12 posts in which to reflect upon as we closed out the year. My adherence to the monthly goal of providing you (my [Read More]
Pit Bulls & Nerf Darts
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For Christmas, all of the men folk received handguns which shoot Nerf darts. When I opened mine up, Junior brandished his out of a defensive sense of paranoia that I would make him my first target. The paranoia was well founded. A fire fight ensued, [Read More]
In Memorium: The Chicken Dinner
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Looking back, it occurs to me that the year 2012 marks the 20th in which I first darkened the door at QVC. The cable shopping network had just opened a call center here in San Antonio, and my arrival there marked the beginning of a 5 1/2 year occupation where I would [Read More]
The Big Bang Theory UnExplained
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Whenever you come here to read what TharpSter.Org is serving up on any given day, do you ever wonder just what exactly was going through my head at the time I set my fingers to the keyboard? Probably not, but it crossed my mind that such a question might be a good way to [Read More]
Facebook Chain Letters
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In the last two weeks, I’ve been tagged twice in status updates which can only be characterized as the Facebook equivalent of a chain letter. I’m sure you’ve seen these. Naturally there are those who love these and those who hate them. Of course there [Read More]
You Tube Wars!
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Editors note: The following is an exchange I participated in over the last few days. Only one word has been edited. Otherwise, everything else is . Forward from RDT: On Nov 8, 2011, at 11:02 AM, RDT wrote: Subject: Fwd: See how they put [Read More]
