0630 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
(Fact/bull shit-check below.)
When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year. The Congress, finding that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an “allowance”. He was awarded a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating,” You don’t want me. You want the office of the president, and that doesn’t belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it’s not for sale.” Continue Reading »
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0030 by Jeff Hess
Found in my electronic chapbook.
“So, the trouble with art was not a lot different from the trouble with writing. A painting – like writing – is a problem with too many solutions and not nearly enough rules. Things have to be thought about and got through. A lot of things. Recognizing this enabled me to stay with the blank page. Staring at it or out the window is the creative process too. That it takes time is unimportant. You won”t be paid by the hour. You”ll be lucky to be paid at all. What you”re doing with all this seemingly unproductive time is convincing your muse you”re serious. Once she believes you”ll stay the course, that you want art more than life, she”ll tiptoe up behind you, drape her lanky arms around your neck and whisper in your ear. Go follow her anywhere.” From The Muses of Writing and Painting by W. Joe Innis. p. 58-9
From Living The Writer’s Life: by Eric Maisel.
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0630 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it’s not Walter who’s lacking intelligence.
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS. Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting, “Please come out and give yourself up.” Continue Reading »
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0030 by Jeff Hess
Found in my electronic chapbook.
“And this is the way a novel gets written, in ignorance, fear, sorrow, madness and a kind of psychotic happiness for the wonders being born.” Jack Kerouac. p. 57
From Living The Writer’s Life: by Eric Maisel.
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0630 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
Water or Coke?
WATER
75 percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the world population)
In 37 percent of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as 3 percent.
One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100 percent of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
Lack of water, the No. 1 trigger of daytime fatigue. Continue Reading »
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0030 by Jeff Hess
Found in my electronic chapbook.
“When writers say that they don”t like what they”re writing, what they really mean is that they no longer like their own ideas and arguments.” p. 56
From Living The Writer’s Life: by Eric Maisel.
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0725 by Jeff Hess
My dad turned 80 on the 8 September (along with Arnold Palmer). From left-to-right: Chris (child No. 2), Meredith (child No. 3), my dad, me (child No. 1) and Jason (child No. 4). And interesting side note, despite the facial hair of my brothers and I, I have only seen my dad with a beard or mustache one, during West Virginia’s centennial celebration in 1963.
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0630 by Jeff Hess
I could never bring myself to forward all the email jokes, cartoons and other Internet comedy that land in my inbox. But then I started posting the ones my dad sends me. Judging from my comments and emails, my dad has become one of my greatest blogging assets. So for your morning blog chuckle I present: From My Dad.
From Charlotte, North Carolina:
A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company.
In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost ‘in a series of small fires.’
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason, that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued and won! Continue Reading »
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0130 by Jeff Hess
On 8 December 2004, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) slipped Section 111 of Title I, Division J, of the Fiscal Year 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. L. 108-447) and a new national holiday into our collective consciousness: Constitution Day. Our Constitution is the single most important document in Human History; read it all.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Please keep reading…
There are a large number of additional resources. Here are just a few:
The U.S. Constitution.
Celebrate Constitution Day.
I never leave home without my pocket-sized copy of our Constitution.
Celebrate Constitution And Citizenship Day.
A Day Set Aside for the Constitution.
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0030 by Jeff Hess
Found in my electronic chapbook.
“Writing is part mystery and part joinery. We”re used to calling this distinction art and craft.” p. 52
From Living The Writer’s Life: by Eric Maisel.
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