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Happy Imbolc and Candlemas in Advance

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Groundhog Day is this coming Tuesday, which is supposed to be cloudy in Punxsutawny, Pa., where the official prognosticating rodent lives; so a good chance for not seeing his shadow is on tap. I could go for an early spring, … Continue reading →

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So How Did Your Day Go?

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Mike Slickster

I should have known it was going to be a bad day when: I broke the yokes while cracking eggs open to fry for breakfast, preferring them to be sunny-side up. While attempting to make my morning cup of Joe, … Continue reading →

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You’re Officially Old If…

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Mike Slickster

The other day on Twitter, one of the hashtag games was: #YouAreOfficiallyOldIf. For those not familiar with hashtag games, or Twitter, you are officially old! Come on, get with the times! Some of the tweets to correspond with the respective … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged advice, AOL, baby boomers, Barney and Friends, CDs, cell phones, coffee, copyright infringement, dead, death, downloads, dumb ass, file-sharing client, floppy disks, free music, french, fun, hashtag games, internet, judge, LimeWire, Merriam-Webster, middle age, Millennials, music files, Neil Young, Nick, officially old, Old Age Test, Old Man, PBS, pioneer, Play Station, pld, senility, septic tank, Silent Generation, Smart Water, smartphones, swear word, Tammy, Television program, tirade, toilet paper, tweet, twitter, U.S. Federal Court, young | Leave a comment

Found It on the Internet; So It Must Be True!

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Mike Slickster

For your enlightenment and/or contemplation, believe it or not: A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn’t give her coffee. A shark can detect one part of blood in 100 million parts of water. A whale’s … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 172, 7-UP, Abraham Lincoln, albino, astronauts, Babe Ruth, bats, beans, belief, Believe it or not, Ben Hur, birth-control pills, black light, Born in the USA, Bruce Lee, Bruce Springsteen, bubblegum, cabbage leaf, camel, Casey Kasem, cat urine, CD, celery, champagne, Chess, chewing gum, chocolate, clocks, coffee, contemplation, crying, Daniel Boone, divorce, dogs, Donald Duck, dork, Einstein, elephant, emperor moth, enlightenment, farting, ferret, Finland, fish scales, five-dollar bill, George Washington, gorillas, Guinness Book of World Records, Happy Meals, Heinz, hemp, Hitler, insects, internet, Joey Scarbury, John Wilkes Booth, ketchup, Las Vegas, Leonardo da Vinci, Lincoln Memorial, lipstick, marijuana, McDonald's, mentally disabled, Mona Lisa, money, mucus, Napoleon, onions, Orcas, Oscars, penis, Peter Pan, public libraries, quicksand, raisin, rat, rubber, Saudi Arabian, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, shark, Shirley MacLaine, space suit, stomach, Sylvia Miles, testis, The Greatest American Hero, theme song, tittle, tongue print, truth, U.S., Warren Beatty, wasps, Wendy, wet suit, whale | Leave a comment

Damned If I Do and Damned If I Don’t

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Don’t ever click on a spammer’s unsubscribe link and input your e-mail address to stop the flow of unwanted solicitations. I made that mistake last week with the latest barrage of junk landing in my inbox, and now I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged AARP Magazine, antioxidants, arsenic, article, Avocadoes, Baz Luhrmann, bladder, BMC Public Health Journal, caffeine, cancer, cancer risk, Chewy Chips Ahoy, chicken nuggets, cigarettes, cirrhosis of the liver, coffee, Damned if I do, dementia, drinking coffee, e-mail address, extra virgin olive oil, heart disease, ignore, immune system, irritate, Journal of the American Medical Association, junk, Keurig Dr. Pepper, lab tests, listeria, loggerheads, metal slivers, Millennials and hipsters, mineral spring water, National Consumers League, olive oil, Peñafiel, Perdue Farms, prevention, prostate gland, prostate health, recalled, recycling bin, red wine, researchers, shift and delete, skin cancer, solidified ingredient, spam, spammer, spammers, steam, sunscreen, tirade, type 2 diabetes, unsubscribe link, unsubscriber;s list, unwanted solicitations, urinate, vaporized, vegetable oils, water molecules | Leave a comment

Making America Great!

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Mike Slickster

Let’s jump right into the craziness that’s found around the U.S.A. lately, shall we? A Cleveland, Ohio, man had ordered one cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-thru. When picking up his order at the window, the fast-food restaurant’s employee … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged america, Animal House, apologize, arrested, battery, Ben Franklin, birds of prey, bonkers, California, cheese, Chula Vista, Cleveland, coffee, community service, consequences, cops, craziness, customer, Cypress Hill, Delaware River, drive-thru, fast food, first-degree burns, Florida, Food Fight, Generation Z'er, great again, high school, Insane In The Brain, insanity, junior, license plate, McDoanalds, melee, New Port Richey, Ohio, ospreys, pizza, pizzeria, police, population, prison, raptors, refund, regret, rotten, second-degree felonious assault, security cameras, shark jumper, shark tank, slice-throwing, survey, Sweetwater Union High School District, trouble, turkey, U.S.A., victim, vomit, youngster | Leave a comment

Steal This Blog

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Mike Slickster

Abbie Hoffman, a political and social activist, was a counter-culture hero who wrote a literary gem during my hippie days, entitled, Steal This Book. My best buddy Marco picked up a copy and learned several of its techniques for ripping … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Abbie Hoffman, AC/DC, automats, cockroach, coffee, counter culture, Dad, danish, diner, free-loading tricks, freebees, Happy Father's Day, Highway to Hell, hippie, literary gem, Marco, nefarious, poisoned, political, pop, restaurant, ripping off, scams, scoundrels, self-service cafeteria, slugs, social activist, steal this book, stiff, the establishment, tip, waitress, waitstaff | Leave a comment

Curses, Foiled Again!

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Mike Slickster

“Procrastination: hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now,” expressed a meme I posted on Twitter for #WordlessWednesday. It garnered one like. Perhaps my faithful followers were waiting until later to respond, but I deleted … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged #WordlessWednesday, acoustic, anger, August, authorized inspection center, cash, coffee, cooper, Cover Your Ears, curses, faithful followers, foiled, I Really Don't Want to Know, July, Les Paul, Mary Ford, Mini, Mini service center, money, oil change, oil pan, post, procrastination, Rie Waits, September, small claims court, state inspection, tirade, twitter, unplugged version, WaWa | 1 Comment

Things That Were Hazardous To Your Health But Are OK To Use Now (and Vise Versa)

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Mike Slickster

While finishing this weeks entry earlier than usual, by the way, I was shocked to learn about Chuck Berry’s death, another of my heroes who has left us to join Heaven’s All-Star Band. He will surely be missed. My sincere … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged antioxidants, caffeine, Camels, cholesterol, Chuck Berry, cigarettes, cinnamon, coffee, dark chocolate, death, diets, eggs, green tea, Health, heart disease, Hell, ibuprophen, longevity, Lucky Strikes, Marcy Playground, Methuselah, milk, Newport Lights, nicotine, obesity, research, salt, Sex and Candy, smoking, Surgeon General, University of Michigan, US, whole milk, worms, youtube | 2 Comments

Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t!

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Mike Slickster

Don’t let anyone fool you or say otherwise. Growing old sucks. Every time older folks turn around, something else pops up to proclaim they’re not spring chickens anymore. That annoying crick in the neck, pulled-out back on occasion, Arthur Rightis, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged AARP, aging, alcohol, antioxidents, bacon, cancer, carcinogens, charbroiled, cholesterol, coffee, damned, dark chocolate, death, dentist, diabetes, dying, eggs, Fish, Fish Oil, free radicals, globules, gluttony, green tea, heart, heart disease, moderation, Mother Nature, Old age, omega-3 oil, prostate, red wine, spring chickens, steak, suicide, World Health Organization | 2 Comments

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Tag Archives: coffee

Happy Imbolc and Candlemas in Advance

So How Did Your Day Go?

Found It on the Internet; So It Must Be True!

Damned If I Do and Damned If I Don’t

Making America Great!

Curses, Foiled Again!

Things That Were Hazardous To Your Health But Are OK To Use Now (and Vise Versa)

Damned If You Do and Damned If You Don’t!

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