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Writer's pictureEric Grate - Lead Writer

Random Thoughts and Musings

Updated: Dec 27, 2022

The New First Edition

This is the first edition of Random Thoughts and Musings that I have published on this site. Previous editions were published on my personal Facebook page. From time to time, I may re-publish some of those here.


December 22, 2022

  1. Professional wrestling is the only sport that does not take a timeout when the referee gets knocked unconscious.

  2. The “hook and ladder” play in football is actually called the “hook and lateral” play.

  3. At what age do drivers forget they’re not supposed to drive ten miles per hour under the speed limit in the left lane?

  4. I recently stopped biting my nails for the first time in nearly fifty years. I haven’t chewed a nail in eight weeks.

  5. Speaking of driving in the left lane, if you’re camped out in the left lane and I have to cut you off to make a left turn, that’s on you, not me.

  6. Two of the most underachieving sports franchises of the twenty-first century are the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and the Kentucky Wildcats basketball team. They are highly touted almost every year, and they usually disappoint their fans in the end.

  7. My ongoing recovery from knee replacement surgery has helped me understand how easily one could become addicted to prescription painkillers. I have often been in severe pain, and the only thing stopping me from taking them is a trip up the stairs to get them. I’m not saying that a person shouldn’t use prescription pain pills when warranted. I am saying that, given my compulsive personality, I should abstain.

  8. I love the holiday season, but I feel like I am always looking over my shoulder. If something terrible happens in my life, it typically occurs around the holidays.

  9. There was a point in my life when I was staunchly pro-death penalty. Today, I generally oppose it. That said, anyone convicted of a violent crime against a child deserves to be terminated.

  10. The Cincinnati Bengals have played in three Super Bowls. They have lost all three by a combined twelve points.

  11. Contrary to popular belief, dark roast coffee has less caffeine than light or medium roast coffee.

  12. “Sale” and “sell” are two different words with two different meanings.

  13. Every time I read how uneducated and backward-thinking Americans are, I think of the six flags planted on the moon.


Have a great day, and feel free to comment!



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barnett.jim2
barnett.jim2
Dec 25, 2022

1. Who is going to call timeout? They are unconscious.

12. When are you going to have a sell at your coffee shop? I would like to sale you a doughnut with your coffee. Drives me nuts!

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  1. Good point! 😂

12. It kills me!

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Amy Smock
Amy Smock
Dec 24, 2022

Number 12 should be posted on a billboard.

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Misusing those words is a major pet peeve of mine. 😫

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ispencer.kcpp
Dec 23, 2022

I was surprised when number 11 was revealed to me one day in your cafe.

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I was very surprised when I learned it. The bold flavor of dark roast coffee would naturally lead one to believe that it had more caffeine.

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