Archive for Humor
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Just Saying…
Salmon Shorts, Affluence, and Opulent Wealth By Q.C. Jones A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interact with several 20-somethings. Along the way I made a startling discovery regarding the concept of wealth, or at least letting its presence be known. After a hundred years and five generatio...
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One Day at a Time!
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made.” ... Robert Browning I am carving a small amount of time today out my crazy busy world to get these...
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By Q.C. Jones Hit Me With Your Best Shot Way back in 1980, spandex and leather clad rock songstress Pat Benatar had a catchy hit single called “Hit me with your best shot.” The song would further propel Benatar’s rise as a recording artist, personality, and MTV star. Some forty years later...
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By Q.C. Jones Award Winning Journalist—Maybe, Maybe Not Recently QC Jones won an award for writing. The whole thing put me into a bit of a spin. Your pal, QC, who never suffers from the ailment of false modesty, has been torn massive braggadocio and embarrassed blushing. It might even be...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Ridgecrest Dream on Clay I want to play the Madrid Open one day, I hear old, rachitic men are fast on clay! To be sure, one thing my old bones know, On the grass of Wimbledon, I would be slow, Yet on Spanish clay my fame might grow! So,...
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By Q.C. Jones QC Goes to the Drive-In Hello everyone, it’s your old pal QC here, and I am thinking about summer. Today’s a bright sunny warm day in our Quad-Cities, and I find myself procrastinating. Allowing a few commitments to slide, I closed my eyes and conjured up the perfect summer. Un...
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What does it take to be a Dentist? By Q.C. Jones Allow me to explain. This article could better be summarized as a true confession. Realizing that true confessions can be self-serving, self-aggrandizing, and only good for the writer, please bear with me as I journey through my life’s exp...
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April Questions By Q.C. Jones Your erstwhile friend and literary pal QC Jones has been thinking a lot lately. Perhaps questioning life, or maybe questioning the art of asking questions. Ever since I was a pollywog of a person, I have been famous for asking questions. My parents were kind and lovin...
