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Hello my fellow Politiores Troglodytes. This Blog is a collection of Posts, Poems, & Short Stories that I write on a daily basis. If you find it entertaining, informative, and controversial, then I have done my job properly. Thank goodness too, because Karma has been on my case of late. I'm supposed to bring fifty people into the fold or I'll have to give back the part of Einstein's brain I inherited. No, I'm not one of the Scientists who got a piece of his brain when he died. Karma said, "Eat this knowledge. It'll make you smarter!" The bargain I made with Karma was, if I could change fifty people into Politiores Populos, I would be rewarded with my very own Lamborghini. So, that's my story and I'm sticking to it! Like what you're reading, then read on. P.S. Populo is Latin for people. Politiores is Latin for educated. Troglodytes is English for troglodytes. And Einstein's brain was stolen by Thomas Stoltz Harvey after his death in 1955 and eventually divvied up into 240 pieces. If you just read that last sentence, then you have just learned something and I'm just that much closer to fulfilling my commitment to Karma!

Sunday, May 31, 2026

I Am Always Looking

For ideas to write on my Blog.
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   I came across one story that I thought was interesting but some people might find morbid. (Now I got you attention I bet;)
   Did you know that you can legally take home an amputated body part if it is not a hazard to the community?
A wet specimen of a leg from the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Photo by Kristin Hugo. 
   There is a lot of paper work involved and all of it must be completed and approved before the surgery.
   After receiving her leg from the hospital, Loyall, her real name, sent it off to
which will clean away all the tissue, muscles, and fat right down to the bone with the help of a certain type of beetle that likes that kind of stuff.
   Once she got her skeleton foot back she started an Instagram page called;
   She takes her foot with her on her travels and snaps pictures with it in different poses.
This is
TwoBuckHowie

“The human body is the best work of art.” - Jess C. Scot - 
 
 That is my story and I am sticking to it!
 
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 Be Kind To Everyone

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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Some Of The Things

Some Of The Things I Believe In
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I Voted.
It's important 
 
 If you want know if someone is looking at you, don't look around, just yawn.
Yawning is contagious and they will yawn too
 
If a place suddenly feels "wrong" for no reason, leave immediately. Your subconscious senses danger before you do
 
  Stay calm in a crisis situation.
Losing your composure lets panic and confusion set in
 
 Do at least one nice thing, per day, to give your mind a shot of dopamine and make a better world
 
Learn something new or try to memorize something everyday!
(Sister Adel told our 5th grade class that and I never forgot it) 
 
Something I always believed in and try to implement everyday for myself is:
"Music Is Cheaper Than Therapy"
 
Listen to the words if you have never heard the song before because
"A Good Song Never Dies"
 
This is
 Keeping Peace In My Heart And In My Mind Because This World Is Designed By Men To Depress You
TwoBuckHowie 
 
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin -
 
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
 
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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

I Will Persevere

   If you haven't notice, I lost my right to have advertising on my Blog. Google hasn't told me what I have done wrong but sent me a link to pages, upon pages, to read to clear up the problem. I have been going though all the legal wording and going my back catalog of posts to see where the problem lies. So far, my guess is, they changed the EULA recently and I missed reading the email. But, I will persevere.
   Here is a little humor to tied you over until I fix the problem from my post on January 2nd of 2021 titled Start Laughing
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 278 Dad Jokes That Will Make You Laugh
    
Did you know it takes a Mother years and years of careful manipulation to educate and raise her son properly? But it will only take a girlfriend 30 seconds to make him stupid?

God created the Heavens and the Earth. Everything else is made in China!
 
What is an Astronaut's favorite part of a keyboard? The Space Bar!

Women are like a new computer virus. They ENTER your life. SEARCH through your pockets. SHIFT your balance. CONTROL your life. And when you become an old version, DELETE you from their system.

I have been told, that if I keep drinking beer the way I do, I will become fat!
Beer doesn't make you fat! It makes you LEAN! Up against tables, chairs, walls, and ugly people!

Two Irish Men were walking past a bar. I know, I can't believe either!

I asked my wife the other day, "What is your favorite book in the World?"
She said, "Your checkbook."

What is green, rectangle, and has a head on it that drives women wild? A Fifty Dollar Bill!

I have been called a grouch by a lot of people. Its not that I am anti-social. Some days I'm just not user friendly!

This is
Me
Laughing All The Way To The Bank
TwoBuckHowie

And

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.” - Audrey Hepburn -
 
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
 
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

I Want To Be A Baggist

Someone once told me,
"If you can think of it, someone is collecting it!"
8 Airlines Barf Bags. Disposal Air Sickness Bags. All New. For Collection |  eBay 
   They call themselves, "Baggists,"
   People from around the world who collect the Air Sickness Bags from airlines, trains, buses, and cruise lines. They document the type of craft, brand, time of travel, and any other information that might make the bag more valuable.
   Yes, you read that correctly. They are valuable.
   One collector has amassed over 3,200 bags. There is a poorly constructed museum website and there is an
on Facebook.
   I know what you are thinking. How can I jump on this gravy train?
By traveling.
   Instead of sitting at home and scrolling through your phone all day.
Now get out there, start collecting, and you too can be a
Baggist!
 
This is
Soon To Be Traveling To The Midwest
TwoBuckHowie
 
And
 
“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life” 
 
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

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Wednesday, April 15, 2026

They Remind Me Of My Early Days In Music

   I Want to get in a real quick post today because I have leave soon.
   I couldn't think of anything to write about so I guess I will promote my two obsession on streaming services.
   The first:
 
Streaming on Peacock
    This show reminds me of my early days as a struggling folk, then rock, then punk musician and staying the course within the minefield of personalities in the different people I jammed with.
    I was lucky enough to have played with a lot of very good musicians but maybe not always as ambitious as I was. Or as self destructive LoL
    The second:
   You can get this program on the streaming service BritBox.
   Watch the whole trailer through so you can see the singer Kitty and then you will know how I lived my life while being in a punk band. I just had better lawyers than she had. Again, LoL
 
This is
Being Short And Sweet On This Post Because Duty Calls
TwoBuckHowie
 
And
 
“This is a test. This is only a test. If this was my actual life I'd be famous, rich, and thin.” - Becky Adams -
 
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

A Ghost Ranch Wedding

   Has it happened already?
   I give my word, a while back, that I was going to start writing on my Blog at least once a week, and then I miss a little over four months in a row?!?!
   Oh, the horror of it all. 😭
   I still like writing and want to write on my Blog. But I found a part time job that I also like to do. It keeps me busy and I meet people everyday that I can converse with.
   Yes, I am a very social animal. 
   I've seen to many people get old overnight after they retire and find they have nothing to do and are all alone.
   A person needs a purpose in life to exist. Or they will just wither away.
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Let's get away from the morbid excuses and down to business!
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   I just got back from the wonderful Ghost Ranch in New Mexico for a wedding for one of my nieces.
   That's what I like about my wife's side of the family! Filipinos love big families! And I love their traditions and love they show each other.
It was a beautiful wedding!
   The best part for me? I met a lot of great people at the event that I haven't seen in a while, made some new friends from the groom's side of the family, saw my second eldest son and his girlfriend, and I saw my eldest daughter and my wonderful grandchildren that I haven't seen in person for a couple of years!
   I did bring, or should I say, my 6th eldest drove myself and another grandson of mine most of the way. And I am so glad she did.
   Being there, it helped remind me of why I am the luckiest person alive!
Family!
  
This is
Hoping You All Have A Wonderful Day
TwoBuckHowie
 
And
 
“I sustain myself with the love of family.” - Maya Angelou - 
 
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

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Friday, November 21, 2025

Shout Out

   I often look back on the adventures I have lived over the years and wonder if I will be remembered fondly by the people I have known throughout my life. And so far so good.
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Now for a Shout Out   
  • good to see your back, your favorite drummer

    My Reply  

    Anonymous August 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM

    1. Thank you. Every time I hear a new song that I like, I always say to myself, my favorite drummer could play that!

  • i loved playing your music

       That is one of the greatest compliments I have ever gotten.
    "I loved playing your music!"
       If I were smart enough and didn't waste three weeks to come up with an appropriate reply like;
    "It was our music. I just wrote the basic parts of a song but it took a group to make it a real song!"
       That's what I should have said.
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    P.S. Shhhhhh! Don't tell anyone, but this Anonymous Drummer also gave me the second greatest compliment I have ever gotten.
       He once told me over five years ago;
    "I wonder how far we would have gone if you had stayed sober!"
       Actually, I think it is my favorite!😎
     
    This is
    Thankful I Have Such Good Friends After All These Years
    TwoBuckHowie
     
    And
     
    “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” - Mark Twain -
     
       Listen for the scream three quarters of the way through the song. That's the Anonymous Drummer!

    That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

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  • Friday, November 14, 2025

    I Know I Am Cool

       I thought I would re-post this story since there seems to be a familiar theme to what my grandson thinks about me. I was making a joke that I knew what 6, 7 meant and I said forty-two!
       He walked away mumbling something to the effect, "That wasn't cool."
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    01/22/2020
       I was watching one of my grandsons this past weekend when he said something that I thought was kind of funny. Here is a little backstory so you can understand what happened.
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       Last Christmas he got a Gold Necklace, with a diamond studded
    Cross attached to it, from his Aunt.
    He is only 10 years old.
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    When he was about to leave to go home with his father,
    I said,
    "Don't forget your Bling."
    Then he said, 
    "You can't say that grandpa. You're too old!"
    My reaction to that was,
    "What do you mean? I'm cool."
    He looked at me
    and smiled.
    "Grandpa, you where never cool!"
    Laughing I said,
    "I was cool once."
    Now he was laughing
    and he finishes by saying,
    "Nobody was cool back in the olden days!"
    Related image
    This is,
    I Never Wore The Bling, But I Was Cool In My Day
    Really, I Was
    TwoBuckHowie

    And,

    “I love my grandpa and respect him.”
    - Chynna Weber -