tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59565822009739232652024-03-05T02:52:21.125-08:00I Love a CobFrank Dickinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831328663971880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956582200973923265.post-85085384397286804512011-08-29T17:59:00.000-07:002011-08-29T17:59:54.657-07:00Monday Night Musings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh709Ynf1voRwOGne_ugpRVsQUS5oFIouR7XcpPjfVsqn7B9QlrG-1hjIz-QP9M5xxm1gtg_GEqKCgQ8ahvJBz-9-o4T_A7l-yZ7b4lXg40iM7rlVnv67Qh0D2Mpfyt0klhqlUAdtMtC4I/s1600/MM+Pipe+-+General.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh709Ynf1voRwOGne_ugpRVsQUS5oFIouR7XcpPjfVsqn7B9QlrG-1hjIz-QP9M5xxm1gtg_GEqKCgQ8ahvJBz-9-o4T_A7l-yZ7b4lXg40iM7rlVnv67Qh0D2Mpfyt0klhqlUAdtMtC4I/s1600/MM+Pipe+-+General.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love Mondays.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know, most folks don't like them, especially after a hard weekend of partying or yard work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">These days, both of those activities are not way up on the totem pole of importance for me. I'm 48 now and my hard partying days are pretty much over. Don't get me wrong, a quiet weekend spent with a bottle of Gentleman Jack or a nice Scotch - well that still rates for me. But the days of drinking until I can't stand - just for the sake of drinking until I can't stand - I gave those up for Lent years ago.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yard work? Well my best yard work these days is done with a lawn chair, a bottle of good beer and my trusty corn cob pipe. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I watch the grass grow.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">God I love my corn cob pipe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How about you guys? What's your favorite lazy evening activity?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">P.S. Here's my favorite <a href="http://www.glenmorangie.com/">Scotch</a>.</span>Frank Dickinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07831328663971880148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956582200973923265.post-38164904723006980612011-08-28T21:20:00.000-07:002011-08-28T21:20:08.078-07:00Pic of the Week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_07KslD7hQ2jTSGqKGqVaykT6wUFtWnGrWYnZZtHO1bqxzjMGNOBWPj1Vh3EstjPKHAtfuw0S5RaXxj79WB6GLYyovKx1XkDR9H-pHHBQrM5IHJ8z00A6s0blymwRDBo-Hbv0X2ifyR0/s1600/JRRTolkein+smoking+pipe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_07KslD7hQ2jTSGqKGqVaykT6wUFtWnGrWYnZZtHO1bqxzjMGNOBWPj1Vh3EstjPKHAtfuw0S5RaXxj79WB6GLYyovKx1XkDR9H-pHHBQrM5IHJ8z00A6s0blymwRDBo-Hbv0X2ifyR0/s320/JRRTolkein+smoking+pipe.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Leave your best guess in the comments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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