Tag Archives: Other stuff

Sick Week, 2018

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

I apologize for being mostly silent this week. On Friday I started out with an annoying cough, and it took all week to get under control.  Don’t bother w/sympathy. It’s all in the past now. I have found a weight … Continue reading →

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Walmart

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

This afternoon in Walmart it was clear a lot of people had called out because of weather.  No one was around to unlock the changing rooms, and customers were getting stressed. I jumped right in, following my training, grabbed a … Continue reading →

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I’d Like to Apologize About My Attraction Toward Teenage Girls

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

There was a time when I was completely obsessed with teenage girls. My fascination extended for several years. I even touched one in a place which we nicknamed the “erogenous zone.”* I had an appropriate relationship with a seventeen-year old … Continue reading →

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The Seven Sisters

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

John Hoge discusses the Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters today at Hogewash!.  

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You Say This Like ‘Doing Nothing’ Is a Bad Thing in This Case

Posted on November 18, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

They were not detained. They were arrested.  Sorry for no link, but Washington Post has a firewall, but they’re glad to feed me this in my email.

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The Stupid. It Burns!

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

  Washington Post: For $25 (plus shipping), “your child can play the role of a World War II hero” on Halloween, it promised. But the costume portraying Anne Frank, the Jewish teenager whose diary chronicled the horrors of the Nazi … Continue reading →

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Not Funny Exactly, but Hmmm

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

Today is the anniversary of the London Beer Flood of 1814 October 17, 1814 St. Giles, London, England A vat of beer ruptures, killing at least 8 A beer vat at the Meux and Company Brewery ruptured, sending 135,000 imperial … Continue reading →

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Is the News Near You This Crazy?

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

Some days you just shake your head and wonder. Courtesy WRAL. There was also a story about pigs wandering, and charges filed. Oh, and they dropped the murder charges against the guy who decapitated his mother, since he was not … Continue reading →

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Hey, I Live There!

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

  Been there, done that. Many times. The places hardest hit will be in Florida. Places that always get flooded will flood again. The ground is pretty saturated right now in North Carolina, so downed trees and electrical lines are … Continue reading →

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Now People Are Just Making Things Up So I Can Link Them

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Dave Alexander (formerly ukuleledave)

WSOC, CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials may allow miniature horses to be used as service animals for students in the classroom. The policy would bring the district in line with the American Disabilities Act.  If the school board approves the unusual … Continue reading →

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