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Happy Trails To You

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Mike Slickster

Went food-shopping on this past Wednesday. Seems the hoarders have settled down, as the toilet-paper and paper-towel aisle was fully stocked. Plenty of disinfectant sprays and hand sanitizer were available too. That was a surprise. Now into week 46 of … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidaze!

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Here’s hoping you counted your blessings on Thanksgiving Day, gratified that 2020 is almost over. Not much to be thankful for from this past year, albeit. My short list was topped with being grateful I’m still alive throughout this ongoing … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Isolation: Week Six

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Mike Slickster

The cloth masks arrived from Amazon last Wednesday. It’s a good thing they did. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Department of Health, Dr. Rachel Levine, signed an order on that day, requiring all workers and customers at essential businesses that are … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update: But This Is No Joke!

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Mike Slickster

Three cases of COVID-19 exist in Bucks County, PA, the section of the commonwealth in which I live. On March 6th, the first two cases of the Coronavirus disease in the Keystone State were reported to be presumptive positive: one … Continue reading →

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Off We Go Into The Wild, Blue Yonder!

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Mike Slickster

The parts for the camera drone arrived in the mail today. The distributor didn’t send them out until Wednesday. I had to pester the vendor on Tuesday for that to happen. So far the new motor and camera assembly are … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 2008, action, advice, Amazon, Bald Eagles, blade guards, camera, camera drone, Coronavirus, COVID-19, crazy, d-day, Delaware River, distributor, Dow, drip, dust masks, elastic, electrical tape, faucet, flight, fly, food-shopping, Great Recession, holey, Home Depot, hospital, kitchen sink, knickers, laundry, leak, luck, mail, mayhem, motor, mum, news, newsworthy, pandemic, paranoid, parts, Pennypack Park, pester, philadelphia, photos, piloting, repair, replacement, respirators, sold-out, solder, stock market, supplies, takeoff, topic, undergarments, underwear, virus, wears out, wild blue yonder, windy, yahoo | Leave a comment

Automotive Idiosyncrazy

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Mike Slickster

A little less than two days are left in July, making the month’s fifth week quite short, as seen in the graphic to the left. Blog entries during diminutive weeks like this one are usually nonexistent, and my scheduled tirades … Continue reading →

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Time to Air Out the Dirty Laundry

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Here we are on Festivus, a day for us to air our grievances, my kind of day by golly! Although, everyday is a day like that for me. Why should today be any different? For instance, when I’m counting calories … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged bananas, calories, christmas, congressmen, cucumbers, dairy aisle, dirty laundry, ditty, fat butt, festivus, food-shopping, Give Peace a Chance, grievances, guesstimate, investment portfolio, john lennon, mayonnaise, Mediterranean salad bar, new year, paper plates, political aisle, poor, procrastinators, produce, rich, scale, senators, servings, Steampunk Boogie Band, supermarket, washing dishes | Leave a comment

Today’s Tirade: Live for the Moment

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Mike Slickster

Nothing is better for one’s well-being than a good rant now and then to relieve pent-up frustration, triggering a pressure-relief valve which sounds like the whistle of an old steam locomotive, or that of an iron kettle filled with boiling … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Alec Baldwin, baseball season, Cat Stevens, complaining, complaint, correctomundo, cover, Dad, death, diatribe, dillydally, euphemism, euphemisms, facebook, Father and Son, food-shopping, Frigidaire, frustration, grapefruit, internet, iron kettle, live, Louisville Slugger, Nathan's Hot Dogs, pet peeves, phillies, pressure, Prince, procrastination, rant, redundancy, Rest In Peace, River Styx, social media, steam locomotive, Stone Fruit, supermarket, tirade, today's tirade, train whistle, Trump, twitter, waste of time, weekly rags | Leave a comment

The Harrowing Case of the Missing Fitness Guru

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Mike Slickster

It’s been raining all day. ‘Twas a good time to work on Rie Waits’ and my duet, which you’ll find at the end of this week’s entry. I did the dreaded food-shopping after finishing the final mixing of our tune, … Continue reading →

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It’s Green Coffee Bean Time Again

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Mike Slickster

Finally did the dreaded food-shopping for the month. All the necessary staples such as coffee, green tea, toothpaste and mouthwash, toilet tissue and paper towels, Splenda, soups, desserts, emergency canned goods like Chef Boyardee mini-raviolis—eaten after pushing off the grocery … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged BMI, Body Mass Index, Chef Boyardee, derriere, diabetes, essay, fisticuffs, food-shopping, Frankford Avenue, frozen food section, good-natured, Green Coffee Bean Extract, green coffee beans, grocery shopping, heart attack, nincompoop, obesity, overweight, Shop Rite, tirade, wrestling match | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: food-shopping

Happy Trails To You

Off We Go Into The Wild, Blue Yonder!

Automotive Idiosyncrazy

Time to Air Out the Dirty Laundry

It’s Green Coffee Bean Time Again

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