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Speaking of word salads…Sometimes we simply have to shake our heads in wonder.

A number of media folks published a rash of recent news articles about the oldest known “English tombstone” found in Jamestown, Virginia. This standing stone is somewhat unique. Archaeologists discovered that the craved black knight’s tombstone was not of North American origin.

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Back in the day, I was once the 1^st Cook in a not so famous restaurant in Miami. The steak and seafood house’s claim to fame was a truly gigantic salt water aquarium that featured the first living coral reef to ever succeed in captivity.

The one-of-a-kind aquarium separated the nightly hot spot bar from the restaurant’s open kitchen and large dining room. How big was this thing?…

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Unless we have already reached our dotage, many of us will have no problem remembering this particular summer in the future. This is a Leap Year, an Olympic year, and a US Presidential election year. When one candidate gets shot at and the other party’s candidate is summarily replaced by, yet another stump it tends to grab one’s attention.
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Out here in Civil 3D Land it is full bake summer. It is hot and sweaty. Just like my terror dogs, I find myself wanting to lay down on the cool floor and maybe nap and doze most of the day. No rest for the wicked. In this heat, I gotta rise up earlier to walk my daily constitutional. I certainly have less company out  there. Hardly a soul in sight at the crack of dawn.

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No matter how we cut it, this hot week in July 2024 will be remembered as an important week in world history. We all know that last Saturday someone tried to kill a presidential candidate on live tv. That event produced an iconic photograph of the 45^th President rising up amongst a protective herd of Secret Service agents with blood on his face and his fist raised. He encouraged the stunned…

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