Making Mistakes

If you live long enough you finally begin to admit that every once in a while you make a mistake. Even as perfect as Ol' Dutch is, mistakes do occur.

Politicians handle these mistakes by saying they “mis-spoke” and somehow that's okay and not a real whopper.

Personally, I would much rather they say, “Boy, did I ever goof up.” I can forgive that kind of honestly because, let’s face it, we all pull some real boners every so often.

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Buck vs Doe

Hunting season has rolled around once again and Ol' Dutch is out in the field doing his best to provide meat for the table.

It’s bad enough to have to rise at the ungodly hour of 4 a.m. but to see Trixie lollygagging around like Sleeping Beauty is about more than this old hunter can take.

Chasing these elusive game animals this past week got me to thinking, which is an activity Trixie says is best left to people with experience. Determined and undeterred, though, I went ahead and struck out into unknown territory and began to peruse the differences between a buck and a doe.

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Solitary Confinement

Every time I pull out my cellphone to use it I stand amazed at the advancements of the past 20 years.

For a while, all that was available were huge old black bag phones. Then flip phones soon came out and we all had our own Star Trek tricorder device and could actually talk to someone when away from that pesky landline.

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