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memories Archive
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Grandma: Eleanor Boothby
Posted on December 14, 2010 | No CommentsEleanor Boothby, 90, of Correctionville, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 9, 2010 in the Correctionville Nursing & Rehab Center. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 10:30... -
What I’ve learned about me by reading through my sent emails.
Posted on September 7, 2010 | No CommentsI was looking through my sent emails the other day trying to find something I’d recommended to a friend so I could pass the same recommendation on to another one... -
Big Balls in Cowtown
Posted on February 10, 2010 | No CommentsSo there I sat at the computer and contemplated how far behind I was in everything, I owe an review of an independent movie made about the youth of Aragorn,... -
Papa, Wayne H. Means
Posted on January 31, 2010 | 2 CommentsWayne H. Means passed away on January 26, 2010 at his home in Warrensburg, Missouri of natural causes. Wayne was born in Ricketts, Iowa, the son of Roy and Jean... -
An Effigy All of My Own
Posted on January 15, 2010 | No CommentsLooking back, there are always things that you should have noticed as things were happening but missed a crucial warning. In accident investigation the phenomena is often referred to as... -
The Epic Giant Catfish Debacle
Posted on August 27, 2009 | No CommentsEvery disaster is caused by something, the Titanic had ice, the Hindenberg had hydrogen and we had Buckhorn Beer. Five bucks a case, a fraction over a pair of dimes... -
The Names Have Been Changed to Protect… Someone…
Posted on June 8, 2009 | No CommentsYou remember it, at the beginning of every episode of Dragnet, the stories you are about to hear are true… yadda yadda, so forth and so on. That’s the style... -
Memorial Day
Posted on May 29, 2009 | No CommentsI wrote a brief recap on the Guild about the weekend, but I think it calls for a more in-depth recap. Memorial Day was the great gaming weekend that we’d... -
Kit & Todd, Official at last!
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsOn most occasions I’m not what could be a big fan of weddings, I get roped into going to support family and I went to a few because I was... -
Remembering Grandpa Boothby
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No Comments(Note, that is my Dad in the Pic, not Grandpa. We’re the ones remembering) If silence is golden, as they say, then my family is probably broke, but broke in... -
Grandpa’s Obituary: Arlin ‘Slim’ Boothby
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsCorrectionville, Ia Arlin “Slim” Boothby, 93, longtime Correctionville Resident, Passed away Saturday Saturday, April 11, 2009 at a Sious City Hospital. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Grace United... -
Grandma, Margaret W. “Peggy” Means
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsMargaret W. “Peggy” Means of Warrensburg passed away Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at the Western Missouri Medical Center in Warrensburg. Margaret W. Blackadder was born in Gateside, District of Neilson,... -
Knights of the Dusty Pains… Plains
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsThere was nothing worse than an unsatisfied curiosity when I was growing up. First of all there is the uncertainty of not knowing, the gnawing curiosity that torments the mind... -
A Texas Fable: The Lake Belton Goat Man
Posted on May 28, 2009 | 1 CommentBeware the Goat Man, hairier and hornier than any normal redneck! We’d heard all heard about the goatman, a bizarre Pan-like creature, the sad spawn of some lonely country boy... -
Memories and Reflections: The USO
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsI don’t think I’d ever been more tired in my life, I was one of a small team that worked like maniacs to send all of our aircraft back home... -
Daddy’s Girl in the Gun Store…
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsI make no bones about the fact that I’ll take any excuse to see my daughter, and an excuse the other day to not only see her, but to go... -
A Cautionary Tale: Buddha, Mad Dog, and a Shetland Pony
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsI was initially going to name this: A Cautionary Tale: Buddha, Mad Dog, Trojans and a Shetland Pony… but that ran the risk of really leaving some bad preconceptions. Time... -
Fish Story; Terrors beyond the Goatman…
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve always had a fascination with the bogeyman, yes this is the correct spelling of the term, a boogieman is a good dancer, while the bogeyman is a creature evoked... -
Horror-Able Recollections of Halloween
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsNo beers were harmed in any of these stories. The most horrifying movie ever is easy, Rhinestone, whoever teamed Dolly and Stallone was sinister, whoever decided Sly should sing country... -
Coffee on a Cold, Quiet Morning
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsI’ve always like coffee, it was a staple growing up because morning out in the sticks starts early and a kick start to the day helps open the eyes. I’ve... -
The Time of My Life
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsFun and for that matter happiness is where you find it. Probably a cliché, heaven knows enough people have said it through the long march of history, but its not... -
Of Mud and Surviving to be an Adult
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsThe wind in my face blurred my vision, making my eyes water to the point where tears flow back from the corners of my eyes and by now even my... -
New Years Memory
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsI was laying at the bottom of a ravine face down in the snow and couldn’t draw a breath into my body, my body felt like I’d stood in front... -
Rough Riding on the Manicured Trail
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsBack in my younger days, I believe it was the summer before my senior year, I was invited to ride in to a big campout in the middle of nowhere.... -
And then I was home…
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsAnother in a growing list of birthdays has come and gone and was spent enjoyably I can report, birthdays for me are low key if I get my way, whenever... -
Coconut Crabs, Dawn, Lava Soap and a Cigarette in the Shower
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsI spent 90 charming days on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere, it was actually the first 90 days of Operation Enduring Freedom. It was interesting times, first... -
Oh the Pet Names our Loved Ones Give Us.
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsAh the little pet names wives have for their husbands, affectionate little names that convey a depth of feeling and a little teasing thrown in for good measure. My wife’s... -
Bubbles
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsIt is no end of amazing what kids can find to amuse and entertain themselves, and add gray hair to their parents. My brothers and I were no exception; four... -
Fondly Remembering One of Those Days
Posted on May 25, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s just been one of those days, I’ve had plenty of days like this before and there’ll be others, but not all of the days like these have been mine... -
A Skitch in Time…
Posted on January 6, 2009 | No CommentsJay was a kid that was perpetually broke, between his car and partying his normal financial state was destitute. He was a notorious beer mooch which didn’t exactly endear him...