Friday’s Odds and Ends

A World of Absurdity

So, the other morning I’m getting dressed while listening to a podcast, and I hear the journalist reference a woman in labor as, “Extruding a baby. ” Not sure what I’d heard, I dropped the shoe I was about to put on and rewound 30 seconds to listen again. Sure enough instead of talking about […]

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A New Pope

First I just want to say how happy I am with the news of the new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. He appears to be somewhat like Pope Francis in his humbleness and attention to pastoral matters, rather than bureaucracy. That’s something I’ve always thought the Church should be more focused on, because isn’t

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Is This Effective Marketing?

The flowers in that image are by my DIL’s house on Galveston Island. She told me what they are, but of course I’ve forgotten. They have nothing to do with the topic of this blog post, just something pretty to bring a smile, and maybe you already know their name. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, I was scrolling

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Terrific True-Crime Story

THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER:THE SEARCH FOR HOUSTON’S LOST BOYSBy Lise Olsen True Crime / HistoryPublisher: Random HousePages: 464Publication Date: April 1, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** The Scientist and the Serial Killer is the gripping, upside-down detective story of a Texas forensic anthropologist named Sharon Derrick who, determined to close the cases of the

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Book Campaign – LEFT by Paul McGrath

LEFTBy Paul McGrath Fiction / Satire / HumorPublisher: Stoney Creek PublishingPages: 232Publication Date: March 14, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** A Sci-Fi Satire of Alien Espionage, Southern Charm & Chaos on Earth! First-time novelist Paul McGrath delivers a sharp, witty, and wildly entertaining sci-fi satire that asks: What if an alien held up a mirror

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Friday Fun – Medical Advice You May Want to Ignore

Interrupting the scheduled frivolity for a bit of a rant, but I assure you the fun will start soon. Please bear with me. 🙂 Before getting to the serious matter at hand, I do have to acknowledge that my poor father is probably shaking his finger at me from Heaven for using the word “stupid”

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Beneath The Broken Oak

BENEATH THE BROKEN OAKBy Lori Altebaumer Mystery / RomancePublisher: One Thousand Hills PublishingPages: 400Publication Date: February 22, 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Trees don’t heal. They seal. But Forester Jodee Trevaine isn’t a tree. The wounds of abandonment she’s spent years denying will be ripped open the night she witnesses a child’s abduction. The hardscrabble

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Friday Reads: The Drowners by David Anderson

Today I’m sharing my review of this wonderful coming-of-age story, The Drowners, by Irish author, David Anderson. Coming on March 17, 2025 and ready for pre-order. ASIN: BODYK363NJPUBLISHER: Whipsnade PublishingPUB DATE: March 18, 2025 Your past can mold you, or deform you. For Aaron, this world is an unfathomable puzzle. Haunted by disturbing dreams, he

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Friday Reads – Humor From Slim Randles

Happy Friday – Maybe My first thought when planning to write a blog post for today was to comment on current affairs. But current affairs are so… so… so Disheartening? Ugly? Frightening? All of the above? Settling on “all of the above,” I figured my mind needed to go in a different direction. And since

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