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Daily Ramblings – Bonus Content – Thanksgiving Countdown

22 Tuesday Nov 2022

Posted by Dave Gardner in Bonus Content, Uncategorized

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Christmas, family, Friends, Good Food, Good times, Gratitude, Happiness, Holidays, New Years, passion, recharge, Relaxation, Thanksgiving

Ooh! Pumpkin pie, turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and all the rest await! It’s going to be a great Thanksgiving this year, like every year. I’ll be making the final grocery run tomorrow and I always end up getting more than we need.

I’m not much of a football fan, so I don’t watch the games, nor do I watch the parades. I used to when I was a kid, but now, I just enjoy hanging out and doing whatever. I’ll be doing a little gaming, reading, hanging out with the family, and eating a truckload of food, on and off all day long.

I decided today would be my last posting for the year, other than my holiday postings. I was going to continue all the way to the end of the month, but decided it was time to just shut things down for the rest of 2022. It’s been a great year, folks.

I’ve made some great friends here, that I would not have met anywhere else. So here’s a shameless plug for their blogs, in case you are interested:

https://kmallan.com/ – K.M. Allan is an Australian YA author. Her Blackbirch series is terrific. If you’re thinking of writing a book, she provides all kinds of tips, tricks, and real-world experience writing and publishing a book. She mailed me a copy of her first book, which was not cheap, and I so appreciate her.


https://tierneycreates.com/ – Enjoy crafting? Check out this blog for anything related to quilting, travel to cool places, and even some postings from one of her creations. Her husband is also quite the craftsman.


https://joannaoftheforest.wordpress.com/ – If you want some great pictures of the outdoors and enjoy reading articles that are happy and interesting, you’ll want to check out here postings.

I consider all three of these bloggers friends, because they always respond to my blog postings and we have had some interesting interactions.

Well, folks. I hope all of you have a terrific holiday season and get some time with friends, family, and your favorite hobbies. I’ll be doing what I love–gaming, reading, and writing. I’ll also be making some decisions about some daily postings that I’ve done this year, that I may change up, just to keep things fresh and help me explore new areas that I have not dove into before.

Happy Holidays, folks.

See you in 2023!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Reading, Watching, Learning: Deep Time, Crash Course World History, Excel VBA

22 Thursday Sep 2022

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Crash Course, Curiosity Stream, Deep Time, Kyle Pew, MS Excel, VB Editor, VBA, Visual Basic

Ok folks! It’s Thursday and I am still reading Deep Time. I am getting close to finishing it, and the story is terrific. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the aliens in this part of the series can warp time. Initially, this thwarted the America and its fighting force, because the aliens could slow the weapons down so that they could easily fly by it without anything hitting them.

I’m watching Crash Course World History on Curiosity Stream. For those of you who are interested in a “Netflix for documentaries” covering nature, outer space, physics, history, and all the rest, you can find it in the Google Play store and the App Store for Apple. It runs 19.99 a year. Netflix runs $19 dollars US a month, if you are price shopping. It is a terrific value if you like documentaries. Anyway, Crash Course is a short 10-minute video that encompasses a period of history. I’ve watched the Babylonians, Egyptians, Chinese Dynasties, and going to continue this until I’m finished. It’s just a terrific and entertaining series.

Part of my MS Excel course on Udemy covers Excel Macros and VBA. Now I am in the VBA portion of the course. Today, I learned how to set up the VB editor and learned how to write some simple code in the immediate window.

That’s my update for the week, folks. Have a great Thursday! OH! By the way, I just hit my annual goal of 1,300 readers. Thanks so much for following my blog!!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Motivational Music

12 Monday Sep 2022

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Inspiring, Legendary, Monday, motivation, Music, Powerful, Visionary, YouTube

I think you’ll agree with me when I say that music can inspire us. This is a music track that lasts about an hour, but you only have to listen to this for a few minutes. Try it out. This pumped me up after about 2 minutes.

I wanted to change it up a bit today, so enjoy!

Have a great Monday, folks!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Ralph Waldo Emerson

17 Wednesday Aug 2022

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Hitch your wagon to a star.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It was hard choosing these quotes because Emerson has so many great ones. If you’d like to learn more about Ralph Waldo Emerson, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson

It’s great to be back. I got caught up on most of my reading here and glad I did. So much talent in this community.

Have a great Wednesday, all!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Funny Friday – Lewis Black on Voting

22 Friday Jul 2022

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Chuckle, Friday, Funny, Giggle, Laugh, Lewis Black, Right to Vote, Smile, Snicker, Voter ID, Voting

If you’ve never seen Lewis Black, you’re in for a treat. He’s another one of my favorite comedians. His rants, which there are many, are his signature. This one is on voting. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. This is 18+ material. He drops a lot of F-bombs, so if you’re not into that, don’t watch.

Happy Friday, all. I hope each of you has some adventures planned for the weekend.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Reading, Watching, and Learning

07 Thursday Jul 2022

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Ian Douglas, Learning, MS Excel, Reading, Star Carrier, The West Wing, Udemy, Watching

Well I’ve done it. I’ve decided to focus a gaming post on the weekend, and pull it from this posting. That way, those of you who are interested in hearing about the games I am playing can get some exclusive content. The new posting will be on either Saturday or Sunday (I’m leaving that option open), and will start out with what I’m doing in the games I’m playing, and then add in some pointers and things I’ve learned playing them.

I’m still reading Dark Time. It’s in the sci-fi genre and is about a space carrier called America and a whole host of characters that have developed over the previous 5 books. I don’t like giving away the story, but if you enjoy the sci-fi genre, you will enjoy the Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas.

My sister and I are on Season 3 of The West Wing. What a great show. I can’t speak enough about it. I’m also watching a great Civil War series on Amazon Prime.

Daily Ramblings – Funny Friday – Jim Breuer

24 Friday Jun 2022

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Chuckle, Comedian, family, Friday, Friends, FriYAY, Giggle, Jim Breuer, Laugh, Relax, Smile, Snicker, Stand up, Weekend

This is quite a funny sketch. I hope you get a good laugh like I did. Have a great Friday and weekend, everyone. See you again on Monday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Funny Friday – Call of Duty

17 Friday Sep 2021

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I normally post something funny on Friday–ergo Funny Friday. Today, however, I’m going to post a clip of one of my favorite Call of Duty streamers–StoneMountain64. If you’re not into gaming, don’t worry about watching it. But if you are a gamer of sorts, and heck, maybe play COD, enjoy!

I hope all of you have a tremendous weekend! I will. I’ll be gaming my tail off. They’ve introduced new game play in Warzone called Clash, and it looks epic.

Thank you readers for supporting this blog. Comments are cherished and always welcome. This blog would be a lot less fun without your comments, likes, etc.

Happy Friday!

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Wisdom Wednesday – Robert Quillen

30 Wednesday Jun 2021

Posted by Dave Gardner in Uncategorized, Wisdom Wednesday

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5 Quotes, Humor, journalism, Learning, new, Robert Quillen, Satire, Things, Trivia, wisdom

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.

Robert Quillen

There are glimpses of heaven to us in every act, or thought, or word, that raises us above ourselves.

Robert Quillen

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

Robert Quillen

If we wish to make a new world we have the material ready. The first one, too, was made out of chaos.

Robert Quillen

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Robert Quillen

For those of you who do not who this guy is, here’s a Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Quillen

I hope you enjoy reading about him. He had a terrific and interesting life.

Until next time…

Dave

Daily Ramblings – Motivation Monday – Self Care

28 Monday Jun 2021

Posted by Dave Gardner in Motivation Monday, Uncategorized

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Exercise, good music, Hobbies, motivation, Self Care, spas, staycations

It’s time for some self-care. When you work hard, you have multiple priorities, and they are all tugging at you simultaneously, you need some respite. What do you do to destress?

Music has always been a great source of relaxation for me. The right music, calms me right down. Another source I used to distress is to get involved with a hobby. I like video games, so that’s my go to.

Did you realize that exercise can also be a huge stress reliever? Exercise stresses the body, but this stress releases what scientists call the “feel good” brain chemicals called endorphins. You can monitor this the next time you do some exercise. It occurs about 10-15 minutes into any workout. When it hits, you get a “second wind” that makes it feel like you could continue to workout for another hour. Anyway, exercise reduces stress by the release of these endorphins and how the body reacts to the stresses you put on it in the gym. It gets stronger. I’m not just talking muscles, but nervous system, circulatory system, skeletal system–the whole works.

What do you do to relieve stress? What hobbies do you have? What types of exercise do you enjoy?

When was the last time you got a massage, manicure, pedicure? My wife introduced me to manicures and pedicures, and they are terrific. Talk about spoiling yourself. Then there are the spas. When have you been to a spa for a weekend, getting pampered, eating terrific food, and just relaxing with herbal tea and a good book?

For those of you who have a hard time getting away, there’s always the “staycation” where you go to a local hotel and stay the night or for a weekend, letting someone else cook for you, watching some shows on the television, or getting out and taking part in some local events that normally escape your calendar.

We have many priorities and demands. Take some time to relax. You’ll be more efficient and ready to take on those challenges again when you get back from your excursion.

Until next time…

Dave

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