This Jingle Confused Me (Old Post From Old Blog)

(Originally posted in 2012)This jingle for Rheingold Beer always confused me when I was little. I never understood how beer could be dry. I thought beer was supposed to be wet!

Fiction Friday: December 24: Christmas At The 2-3 (Repost)

HeartinBayCity (ChelleBee) Summary: Joe and his officers celebrate Christmas in this story I wrote in 2013.Characters are the property of Procter and Gamble Productions. Captain Joe Carlino gathered his officers around him in the squad room at the 2-3. "Okay, listen up," Joe said. "Christmas is two weeks from today. Now, here's what we're going …

Interactive Viewing (Old Post)

At least half the fun of watching a soap opera is talking to, or, more often, yelling at, the characters.Quite often, what I’ve yelled has started with the word “Don’t”“Don’t open that door!”“Don’t get in that car!”“Don’t drink that!”I reserve those and other warnings for the characters I like.And, at times I’ve expressed sympathy:“I know you miss …

Relic [Old Post]

Today, the feast day of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, is the perfect day to reprint this post from at least two of my old blogs. I came across this story a few years ago. I’m not sure if it is true.An elderly woman approached her priest and asked, “Father, is it true that anything touched …

Fandango’s Flashback Friday: Little Things

https://fivedotoh.com/2021/10/01/fandangos-flashback-friday-october-1st/ This is something I've posted many times. LITTLE THINGS I love this quote from my Patron Saint, Therese of Lisieux, whose feast we celebrate today:"Pick up a pin for the love of God, and you may save a soul."How right, how wise! We may not be called to do great things,but we can do …