This essay by Slim Randles, today’s Wednesday’s Guest, put me in mind of the summer evenings of my childhood when us kids would be playing baseball on the street while the grownups sat on porch swings, enjoying a cool evening after a sweltering day. There is something special about sharing moments like these with friends while connecting to the […]
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This is our second week of drama camp, and it has been so much fun watching the kids tap into their creativity and find the words and music for the original production they are writing: “The Good, The Bad & The Downright Silly.” We have performances this coming weekend, then next Monday I crash. So
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Slim Randles is here to entertain you today as Wednesday’s Guest, while I am busy playing with the kids at Marilee’Z KidZZ on Stage Drama Camp. We are packed to the crevices in the walls with kids who are brimming over with excitement and creativity. Unfortunately, due to this nasty Ramsay Hunt Syndrome that will
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First off I have to wish my twins a happy birthday. Since they are my youngest, I won’t even count up the years since they were born. Certainly it wasn’t that long ago. I’m sure they won’t mind sharing part of their birthday cake with you as you read on about Doc and a garage
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Slim Randles is today’s Wednesday’s Guest with another offering about Windy. We haven’t heard from Windy in a while, and lest you think that Slim has forgotten how to proof his columns, this is just the way Windy speaks. One of the reasons for his name. Not only does he massacre the English language, he
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First I have to say I am dismayed that it looks like Bernie Sanders will not get enough delegates to win the Democratic nomination as a presidential candidate. Unfortunately, a lot of the reasons have to do with the political power in Washington – both parties having party machines that control too much of what
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Slim Randles is back as today’s Wednesday’s Guest with a story about Dewey and his entrepreneurial spirit. Who would have thought worm poop could be such a lucrative business. Since it is now heading quickly into summer here in Texas and for Slim in New Mexico, I thought a cool glass of iced tea would
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Today I’m sharing some school-related absurdities. Then we’ll have some fun from the comic strips. First off, however, how about a sweet roll to go with you beverage of choice while reading. Mine will be coffee. In a letter to the editor in The Dallas Morning News some time ago, Eddie Mitchell from Waco offered an interesting
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For Friday’s Funnies I thought I’d invite Slim Randles for a special appearance. Have you ever heard of cow-a-dunga? Cow-a-bunga, yes, but this is a new one for me. By the way, does anyone know what cow-a-bunga means? I was studying my card when the guys walked in for coffee. “What did you get?”
A FEW JOKES TO START THE WEEKEND OFF WITH A CHUCKLE OR TWO A photographer on vacation in the US was inside a church taking photographs when he noticed an old fashioned telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read ‘$10,000 per call’. Being intrigued, he asked a priest who was strolling
