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6 Aug 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
In Hawaii, there are palm trees all over the place. Well not really. They must like living close to the ocean. Everywhere else there is mesquite or iron wood or kuu or plumería or any of several species. I've even seen coffee trees on Oahu. They do,...
2 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments LeaderIcarus
Brothers Fight 1 Watch the veil of night Evil's already been born We are ready to fight Fight, Fight for our home 2 Brothers 'n' sisters are gathered The moon is up 'n' high These are our lands, Mother I will not stand to die Refrain My friends...
1 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
The grizzled old sergeant rode off in the sunset. His snot-nosed lieutenant had accused him of atrocities in the field. But everyone else knew better. The lieutenant was trying to make a name for himself with the brass. He had just picked the wrong N...
31 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
My mother used to live around Knoxville. She told me of an annual event which I have never seen. Synchronous fireflies. Apparently at a particular altitude in the Great Smokey Mountains between the end of May and first of June fireflies synchronize t...
29 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
I never mean to get brown legs during the summer. It just happens. Well, kind of. I wear shorts to work so my legs get brown from the top of my socks to just over my knees. My arms on the other hand get very brown. Especially my left one because I dr...
23 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
I'm going to assume the prompt was basketball not basket ball. When I was a kid we played church league basketball. I went to a medium sized church and all our players were regular Joes. None of us played on the school team. Northside and First Bapti...
23 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
My mother has told me several times about the wonderful bouquet of castor oil and orange juice that her grandmother made her take as a girl. It was quite like ambrosia from what I understand. Actually she said it was the nastiest thing she'd eve...
21 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments uthus2000
I remember an episode of SpongeBob in which SpongeBob and Patrick ate something particularly pugnacious. The town of Bikini Bottom was nearly destroyed by the residents who were trying to evade them. While stinking breath can be quite difficult to b...
16 Jul 2020 1 minute read 4 comments uthus2000
I've only got 5 minutes so... I'm frustrated. My wife's frustrated. My brother... Most everybody I know. We are frustrated over the decisions of our overlords. "Masks are good for you!" That's a lie. We know it's a lie. They know it's a lie. They kno...
15 Jul 2020 1 minute read 2 comments uthus2000
I grew up in the deep South. We used a few natural remedies for things but I have since learned more. One of the things that I've always heard is to use mullein boiled in vinegar as a poultice for a sprain. You can smoke it for bronchitis. You can us...
