Monthly Archives: August 2012

National Honeybee Day

I’m a big fan of the honeybee, everything that does for American agriculture, and certainly for the honey it can give us.  Today was National Honeybee Day 2012, and one of our local farmer’s markets had a special program in … Continue reading

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2012 Kentucky State Fair

Another year, another trip to the Kentucky State Fair. We went through the “Pride of the Counties”, where almost every county in Kentucky has a tourism booth set up.  We discovered that Smuckers Uncrustables are manufactured in Kentucky. One county … Continue reading

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Asimov foresees future, again

My boss was cleaning out her basement, and brought in some old science fiction books for any of us who were interested.  I picked up one of Isaac Asimov’s “robot” stories from the early 1960’s.  It was basically a sci-fi … Continue reading

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Birthday Bash

Last weekend, I was invited to a birthday party for the daughter of a co-worker.  It was the child’s third birthday. Now, I’ve been to third-birthday parties before, but I was unprepared for the party that awaited me.  There were … Continue reading

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The Judgement of Conrad

A while back, I was walking across the parking lot with some co-workers when I made a reference to the Trojan War.  I sensed that some of them were somewhat bemused by my referring to the war as an historical … Continue reading

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