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Author Archives: B. Trout
Scotch tape on my thermos bottle!
“Mack Trucks!! It’s part of the language!” is an old advertising campaign for one of the best known hauling vehicles in the world. The name Mack is often used as an adjective or noun for quality, toughness, and large size. … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!
Tagged crock pot, kleenex, Mack, saran wrap, scotch tape, thermos, tupperware, zipper
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Roadway Luminaries
There it was lying on a city clerk’s desk, the catalog that belongs on everyone’s coffee table– Roadway Luminaries! Naturally, you might be thinking to yourself, what’s a roadway luminary? It’s an important sounding word for street light. But, why … Continue reading
Posted in It's part of the language!
Tagged jobs, signs, street lights, titles
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I’ll drink to that! (or how I changed the drinking world)
I’m responsible for Beirut! No, not the city in Lebanon, but the infuriating beer-gulping drinking game where contestants stumble up to a ping-pong table and heave feathery celluloid balls into plastic beer-filled cups to . . . well, to get … Continue reading
Onward Christian soldiers!
If you’re religious, you probably like a good fight. Religion and a good fight go together, like bacon and eggs, peanut butter and jelly, or brewing your own beer and reloading your own shotgun shells. Some things are just good … Continue reading
Recipe for disaster!
My mother-in-law’s cooking was so bad that the flies in her neighborhood took up a collection to fix the screen door! It was absolutely the worst! Her cooking mantra was that if any moisture remained in any victuals, it wasn’t … Continue reading
Tough Gals of Television
It’s a fact that women are moving up in the world, particularly in the world of entertainment. If you’re a typical man, you probably believe women are advanced enough, and if a woman, it’s still a man’s world and you, … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged Abbey, Burn Notice, NCIS, television, tough gals
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Mr. Sandusky, bring me a dream . . .
The legal principle, “Innocent until proven guilty,” is difficult for a person to reconcile regarding certain crimes. Violent crimes qualify, of course, such as murder, forcible rape, and any other crime our society deems heinous, and when that crime is … Continue reading
Posted in Law and our society!
Tagged felony, innocent, murder, Penn State
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Don’t Tread on Me!
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Top Dead Center
One day my father told me it doesn’t pay to be too smart. I asked what he meant by that and he said, “Because if you’re too smart, everyone will be after you to do things.” “Like who?” “Family and … Continue reading