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Life Changing Books
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Life Changing Books

July 31, 2021

A young friend who is working on a pivot in his life asked me what books he should read during such introspection. It didn’t take long for me to share...
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Everybody’s Had the Blues
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Everybody’s Had the Blues

By Merle Haggard

July 31, 2021

Editor’s note:  I ran into this obscure cover of an old Haggard song performed on 1993 Blues Summit CD by BB King and Joe Louis Walker and I could only...
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August Laugh
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August Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2021

Today, an old lady at the bank asked me to help check her balance... so I gave her a push.  via GIPHY
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July Humor
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July Humor

By Tim McCarthy

June 30, 2021

Agency : Sir, we found 3 candidates as per your requirements. How do you want their placements, sir? Hire : Put about 100 bricks in a closed room. Then send...
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A Walk in the Woods
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A Walk in the Woods

By Bill Bryson

June 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  When I featured Bryson’s “The Body”, a good friend recommended this book which is hilariously funny.  Written in the late ‘90s, Bryson details his (and a friend’s) non-hiker...
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June Joke
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June Joke

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2021

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Yellow Moon
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Yellow Moon

By Aaron Neville

May 30, 2021

Editor’s note:  I’m not even including a favorite lyric in this note because this is a pure rhythm and blues, New Orleans rock/jazz, toe-tapper from generational musicians, performed live at...
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April Laugh
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April Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2021

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Multiply
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Multiply

By Jamie Lidell

March 29, 2021

Editor’s Note:  Having never watched “Gray’s Anatomy”, I had never head this song and it caught me tapping my feet and smiling.  Turns out Lidell’s been around quite a while...
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants

By Bill Bryson

March 29, 2021

Editor’s Comment:  Bryson is well known for his variety of interests, from his ambitious “A Short History of Nearly Everything” to a delightful childhood memoir I read called “The Life...
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Non Sequitor
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Non Sequitor

By Tim McCarthy

February 27, 2021

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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship
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Dilbert on Entrepreneurship

By Tim McCarthy

January 31, 2021

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By Tim McCarthy

December 31, 2020

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Give Me One Reason
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Give Me One Reason

By Tracy Chapman featuring Eric Clapton

December 31, 2020

Editor’s note: I’ve always been fond of native Clevelander, Tracy Chapman but never knew she performed her most famous song with Eric Clapton once. It’s an upbeat, toe-tapping piece made...
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Squeeze Me
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Squeeze Me

By Carl Hiaasen

November 29, 2020

Buy Book Editor’s Note:   Warning: If you’ve not read his books, be forewarned that Hiaasen is a bit twisted.  But if you’re neither politically ardent nor easily offended, this...
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Midnight Reassurances
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Midnight Reassurances

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2020

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November Laugh
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November Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

October 31, 2020

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Kathleen Williams
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Kathleen Williams

September 29, 2020

Editors Note: Perhaps the only moderate ad we will see this season so it earned my monthly interest award. Note it is Montana so this is not a partisan statement.
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Best Laid Plans
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Best Laid Plans

By Tim McCarthy

September 29, 2020

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September Laugh

By Tim McCarthy

August 30, 2020

Joke of the Month:  Thanks to an article in Country Living I found this assortment of Dad jokes.  I still consider it a compliment that my kids called me “Clark...
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The Overstory
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The Overstory

By Richard Powers

August 1, 2020

Editor’s note:  Two reasons to avoid this book, kindly referenced by my friend, Joe Gibson: a. you’re looking for recreational reading (I had to strain to stay on track) or...
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