D. Randall Faro
Financial Fantasy
One of the recordings that helped rocket the Beatles to fame in 1963 was “Money.” The best things in life are free / But you can keep 'em...
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D. Randall Faro
- Nov 3
- 2 min
47.8 Percent
Statistics. Bean counters come up with ones such as: - Anchovies devour 28% of their own progeny. (I snorkeled through a school once....
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D. Randall Faro
- Oct 20
- 4 min
Questionable Banding
My growing up years, the 50s and 60s, saw the advent of Rock and Roll. I did homework accompanied by a turntable and a stack of vinyl...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 30
- 2 min
Bite Me, You Die
Newsflash from the Smithsonian Magazine: While they can seem pointless and purely irritating to us humans, mosquitoes do play a...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 28
- 2 min
For the Birds
For the birds is an idiom meaning worthless, not to be taken seriously, no good. The earliest usage of the phrase is by the U.S. military...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Common Senselessness
We all know (don’t we?) that life is not supposed to make sense. But there’s senseless and there’s senseless. Here are a few examples of...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Guillemot
Guillemot. My guess is that those who might read this post have never heard of one . . . or certainly have never observed one in the...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 13
- 2 min
Eighteen: Not!
Canadian singer/songwriter Bryan Adams’ 1996 release, “18 Til I Die” includes the words: I wanna be young the rest of my life / Never say...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 10
- 1 min
I Love to Apricate
Lions roar. Pigs oink. Crows caw. Elephants trumpet. People use words. Leaning new words is fun. Using them sagaciously is even more fun....
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 8
- 3 min
Toy Boats
Everybody wants money. Whether the medium of exchange is seashells or gold nuggets or bank notes, everybody wants some of it. Why? . . ....
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Waterworld
Looking to buy a home on water . . . lake or ocean? Be prepared to pay considerably more than for a non-waterfront dwelling. An agent in...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Ponderables
There are several things I don’t understand. Well, actually, the things I don’t understand would fill a good-size book. There are...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jul 10
- 2 min
Your Choice
Viktor Frankl wrote: A human being is a deciding being. Frankl spent four years in several Nazi concentration camps where his father,...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Trust Me
My wife and I recently completed a 2,400-mile drive to Saskatchewan and back. A lot of the driving was on divided highways; a lot of...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jun 13
- 3 min
Believing Is Seeing
The old adage “seeing is believing” originated with 17th century English clergyman Thomas Fuller. He spoke these words in a religious...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Gee Willikers
Nuts. Raspberries. Jeepers. Drat. Phooey. Doggone it. Gee willikers. Or as a cousin of mine once said in frustration: Dingy-dangy-darnit!...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
The Still Night
My guess is that virtually nobody reading this will remember who Fred Parris was . . . or probably never heard of him in the first place....
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D. Randall Faro
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
FOMO
Alistair was rather miserable. He was miserable because everybody else was smarter or richer or better looking than he. At least it...
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D. Randall Faro
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
Flower Power
Douglas Aster. It can grow to 3 feet tall with 1-inch-broad rosy-purple blossoms. Tufted Fleabane. A 6-inch high beauty with feathery...
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D. Randall Faro
- Oct 24, 2022
- 3 min
A Crying Shame
Historically, as a step toward becoming a doctor, medical students were required to take the Hippocratic Oath. And one of the promises...
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