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Thomas Jennings Wise Obituary

I googled my mother’s mother’s father’s father tonight on a lark and found his obituary in the Red Bank (NJ) Register, of 22 October 1924: Veteran Mustered Out. Thomas Jennings Wise Answers The Last Call Red Bank Lost Another War Hero by His Death Friday Night at Dr. Hazard’s Hospital at Long Branch – His [...]

Disappointing Amazon.com purchase

OK, so I’m a little annoyed by a purchase I made from Amazon. I eat a lot of quinoa, so I made a bulk quinoa purchase last week from Amazon. I ordered the six-package bulk package from Arrowhead Mills – a brand I really like. However, it seems that during bundling at Amazon.com’s fulfillment center, [...]

An Evening at Wal-Mart

So I was shopping at the Wal-Mart in south Richmond tonight. I love Wal-Mart. I didn’t really have access to one when I lived in the New York area, and I appreciate the density of Wal-Marts in the south. I was there to pick up a bottle of wine, some blue corn chips and salsa [...]

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