Category Archives: Opinions

My Grandpa always said, “Opinions are like a**holes, everybody’s got one!” These are mine.

Au Revoir But Not Goodbye

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Norm 3.0

Hello Friends, After posting images for Thursday Doors for a little over six years and hosting it as a link-up event for five and a half, the time has come for me to step away. Once next week’s Thursday Doors post … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget – Why We Wear the Poppy

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Norm 3.0

Long-time followers will recognize this; for you newer followers this post is a variation on a subject I speak about on this day every year. The armistice that ended battlefield hostilities during World War I started at the eleventh hour, … Continue reading →

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The Self-Isolation Diaries – Entry #1

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Norm 3.0

Dear Diary, Hey there Diary, how’ya been? It has been one hell of a long time hasn’t it? I thought I’d start writing to you again in an attempt to get ‘unblocked’ if you will. Yes ‘unblocked’ is the right … Continue reading →

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Thursday Doors – Year End Recap Reminder

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Norm 3.0

With the holidays fast approaching I wanted to take a minute to remind everyone that this coming Thursday December 20th will be our last #ThursdayDoors link-up post for 2018. Regardless of whether you are a regular Thursday Doors contributor or not, … Continue reading →

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Twenty-One Questions About Music

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Norm 3.0

A few days ago I found this fun list of music related questions on The Only Deadhead In The Hameau so I decided to give it a go myself. If anyone wants to play along I traced it back to … Continue reading →

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22 Random Questions About Food

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Norm 3.0

I’ve seen this fun food questionnaire pop up on a number of blogs lately. As best I can tell Patience of Willow seems to be the original source, so thank you Willow for putting this list together. If you don’t mind I’m going to … Continue reading →

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About Your Recent Facebook Friend Request

Posted on June 5, 2018 by Norm 3.0

I’d like to say “I don’t Facebook” but the truth is that like 1.4 billion others I do have a personal FB account. For a number of reasons I don’t spend much time on there anymore. I better not get … Continue reading →

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Curling 101

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Norm 3.0

Every four years the winter Olympics come along and people all over the world sit in front of their TV’s watching teams of athletes slide down a sheet of ice with a piece of granite in their hands while they … Continue reading →

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Goodbye 2017 – Hello 2018

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Norm 3.0

Happy New Year everyone! The start of another year is always a good time to look back at how things went last year and plan out where we want to go in the new one. For the stats fans out … Continue reading →

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Advice For Young Men – 8 Tips for Not Behaving Like a Sexual Predator

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Norm 3.0

For my newer followers my Advice for Young Men series usually pokes fun at the differences between men and women. You can read some previous installments here and here. I’m overdue for a good rant though, so today’s post isn’t very funny. … Continue reading →

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