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Friday, June 19, 2026

Marty on Humor

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I like humor. Why, you might even say that I enjoy jocularity. But what's the best type humor? No red blooded American male will ever s...

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Marty the Ghost Hunter

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A storm with high winds knocked out the power awhile back. That was frustrating on several counts, not the least of which was that it remind...

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Shave like Marty does

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I saw it on a shelf in a closet as we went through the house we had just bought. It was a boar's hair shaving brush with a orange brown ...

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Pretend you're right here!

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Me Grandpa Joe had a way about throwing himself into his work. Sometimes he literally threw himself into it. Or among it, between it; I'...

Monday, June 15, 2026

Encino Ike

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I had not seen a first run movie in a theater in I didn't know how long. So yesterday, rather than playing catch up at the old barn as I...

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Not Hot

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Me Grandpa Joe had a good work ethic and a good moral code. He also liked deals on tools, but they had to be on the level. One day a guy cam...

Saturday, June 13, 2026

The Oreo Magnification Hypothesis

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Oh, a kid'll eat the middle of an Oreo first. Or will he, if the flavor is waffles and syrup? Nothing appears sacred anymore. When the ...

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Charles Martin Cosgriff: I am interested in saving the world from itself. Short of that, a likely enough scenario, I simply hope to make myself a better man.

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