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A season of seasonings

7/1/2018

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  1. As we all know, meteorological summer includes the warmest months and astronomical summer runs from the June solstice to September's equinox. (Just call me Mr. Science.)  The season that we celebrate the most, though, begins with the first barbecue on Memorial Day and continues through the final feast on Labor Day. Gastronomical Summer!! As of today, it's a thing.
  2. Live theater is the only business where, if the product fails, they say the customer was too stupid to understand it. 
  3. It’s really frustrating when you can’t find something online and you can’t reach anyone by phone, so you get up and go to the government office to get help and wait in line and, when you get to the front of the line, the clerk looks at the same website that didn't work for you in the first place.
  4. I was at the Apple store getting my phone fixed. Normally, I’d keep busy during the wait by checking things on my phone, but…
  5. I find it challenging to listen to a story when the person telling it uses passive voice. I never know exactly who it was that it all happened to after the event came to pass.
  6. We oldsters still talk about “inflation,” but our kids have no idea what that is. Ditto for dialing a phone. (And soon, “a phone call.”)
  7. Now that I'm woke, I see things differently. Recently, I saw two guys on a boat with four women. In the old days, I'd think, "lucky guys." Now I think, "three couples."
  8. On the first floor of the office building, where the coffee shop is located, there is a restroom that is open to the public. Upstairs, after you have shown your i.d. and walked through the metal detector, the bathroom is locked and you need to obtain a passcode to use it. What do they think you were hiding, and where, when you went through security?
11 Comments
Peter G. Christman link
7/1/2018 01:07:42 pm

This wasn't one of my favorites. Too much commingling of thoughts. While I agree with most points, I thought there was a lot of rambling and lack of organization that I didn't see in previous writings which were good!!!

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Michael Rosenbaum
7/1/2018 02:01:21 pm

I am sorry this didn't meet your standards. I will redouble my efforts in the coming week. FMI, which points did you agree with?

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Mike
7/1/2018 10:11:42 pm

I like the musings

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Bruce
7/1/2018 11:15:39 pm

Michael-this was fun to read. I’ve been “working” (said through gritted teeth) with customer service at AT&T for the last two weeks. Every time I call they ask me what number they can call me back in if we get disconnected. They are my wireless carrier and they know my number. It belongs to the same frustration as #3 above.

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Steve
7/2/2018 08:01:29 am

Thank you! I've been wondering for years why the "public" restrooms in my Downtown banks offices, my law firm's offices, etc. require a key or combination after I've already been deep cavity searched and profiled on the main floor of the building? Come to think of it, perhaps there ought to be a specific code to input at each elevator bank to proceed up to the offices in the first place? On the other hand, could it be that entering the code to the restroom door actuates the video cameras in the stalls? Loads of laughs at the annual office Christmas party.

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Sue Katte
7/2/2018 09:34:03 am

Michael, I thought your first point on "Gastronomical Summer" was very clever and I would have enjoyed an entire article on just that subject! One of your subscribers mentioned too much "commingling of thoughts." Each of your points was valid and interesting, but focusing on just one of these gems per article, I believe, would give your thoughts more power and draw in your readers ever closer.

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David Brimm
7/2/2018 05:23:22 pm

I like it, but how did you come up with? 7.Now that I'm woke. You an Okie now?

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Mike Romano link
7/4/2018 01:55:26 pm

Michael, you are so right about blaming the performance. The first live theater performance that ever attended, was when my parents took me to see South Pacific, at the old CBIC Theater in Chicago.
Sadly, I was totally confused, bored and disappointed. But the fact that I was only five-years-old at that time would probably explain that.

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Michael Rosenbaum
7/4/2018 03:58:08 pm

You had the advantage of being young and miserable. I am old and miserable, so the theater people say it's my own fault.

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Diane
7/25/2018 02:04:50 pm

I'm swooning: You have working knowledge of passive voice.

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Michael
7/25/2018 05:02:11 pm

A working knowledge is nice, although it would have been even nicer to have possessed a passing knowledge in high school.

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