Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Dark of Night

September 29, 2014

All the rain falling in our neck of the woods lately has the citizens of Miller feeling a little like ducks.  Although rumor has it that ducks don’t like the rain any more than humans.  True or not true?  Good question.  No ducks could be bothered to answer that question with anything other than a raucous, “Quack! Quack!”  But it isn’t ducks that that come to mind on this dreary Monday morning, day number seven of rain, rain, and more rain. 

 Okay, now you’re thinking about Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, right?  You know, water, water, every where, / and not a drop to drink.  No.  That isn’t what’s on tap for today.  He! He!  Today is about the post office.  Usually the mail runs by nine in the morning.  Not today.  Today it is nearly noon and no mail yet.  Is it a federal holiday, you know one of those that only government employees, banks, and the post office get off?  Nope.  Today is not a holiday.  Now, what could be holding up the mailman.  It must be the rain.  But wait, doesn’t the post office have a motto? 

A motto that reads like this: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”

 Well, the answer to that question is NOPE!  Those words are inscribed above the entrance to the New York City Post Office on 8^th Street and  have long been quoted as the motto of the United States Postal Service (USPS).  

NYC Post Office 

However, the USPS has no official motto.  They have a mission statement that ends with this erroneous statement.

It shall provide prompt, reliable, and efficient services to patrons in all areas and shall render postal services to all communities.

Anyone that has ever visited a post office would debate the veracity of this.  Still, a mission is just a statement of intent, not a promise etched in stone.  And certainly not as romantic as the quote that is etched in gray marble over the entrance of the NYPO.  Per the USPS website, it comes from “Paragraph 98, of The Persian Wars by Herodotus. During the wars between the Greeks and Persians (500-449 B.C.), the Persians operated a system of mounted postal couriers who served with great fidelity.”  

Want to check it out for yourself, here is the link.

https://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/mission-motto.pdf

Washington, D.C. Post Office, now the home of the Smithsonian Institution's National Postal Museum.
The quote is from a piece called The Letter by Dr. Charles W. Eliot, former president of Harvard University.

Around town, there is gossip to be had...we'll get to that later.

A Blog By Any Other Name

September 22, 2014

Once a blong, always a blog.

Blogging.  This intrepid blogger had no idea that keeping a blog going would be so much work…or so much fun.  The truth is many people blog every day.  To blog, which is a shorten version of the weblog (remember everything on the net is written without spaces, so weblog equals web log.) is to open up your personal, but hopefully not private, journal to anyone who wants to read it.   Blogs range from how to care for plants to what to do if you find yourself confronted by an angry zebra in the pride lands of Africa.  Okay, so maybe Disney’s Lion King is playing the background, but if you look hard enough I’m sure that someone has advice to give on either the above sit-chi-ations.  So why this blog?  Why a blog about a little town in Texas so remote that most people have never heard of it, can’t find it on a map, and believe is fictional?  An aside if I may, if Miller, Texas is fictional, what does that make the blogger?  A figment of the figment of someone’s imagination.  Not.  This blogger is as real as your imagination allows.  Anyway, the blog exists because people like to know what is going on in their neighbor’s backyard.  It’s true.  A sad testament of the times, but true.  And as long as people enjoy gossip and keep clicking on this blog, it will exist.

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Now on to the gossip…The air is turning crisp, which means most people are spending more time outside than inside. Because people rolling down their window and taking in the scenery, it has been noted that the Princess and the Cowboy have become quite a regular jogging duo.  Old news.  Still the patrons of the Double D have been treated to some rather interesting sightings over the past few weeks.  The Princess seems to bent on ignoring what is right in front of her face (the Cowboy) in favor of some odd but entertaining gentlemen.  These gentlemen have whizzed in and out of the Double D fast enough to make your head spin, and who do you think is on hand as her wingman.  Who else, but the Cowboy.  It’s all platonic, according to sources close to the duo, but this blogger says, “Hooey!”  If you were at the Miller Middle School game last Thursday, then it will be no surprise to you that this duo was spotted seated together cheering on the Huskies.   Sounds like a romance.  Like always, this blogger will keep sniffing around, and as soon as more gossip is available, it will appear here, on this blog, which now has over 20,000 followers. 

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Meanwhile, be sure you have your rain gear out of moth balls.  It is supposed to be a wet fall and winter, and nothing is worse than being caught unprepared in a rainstorm in chilly weather.  Brrr.  Nuff said.

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September 15, 2014

Well, if you are a werewolf, then you probably loved the summer of 2014.  The full supermoons, the last of which was the 9^th of September, made a big splash in the media.  And yep, there are some amazing pictures, but in this intrepid blogger’s opinion the moon itself is amazing, whether or not it appears gigantic on the horizon, shades of Joe and The Volcano.  Who remembers that movie?  Anyhoo, nothing better than taking a telescope out and staring at the sky on a clear night, unless it’s staring at the stars in your SOs eyes.  Still, all in all, it is a relief to report, despite the appearance of three super-sized full moons, werewolf activity in and around Miller did not increase significantly.  Still just the one Lone Wolf out on highway 135. Awwoooooo! 

On a slightly different note, or maybe not—because being moon struck might be the cause of all the tension between the BNDs—rumor has it, and everyone knows how much this nosey blogger loves rumors, a show down of sorts is stirring in our little town.  Reportedly BND el Segundo has his nose out of joint because of a certain GND.  The crowd at The Filling Station (TFS) is all agog because he is not reporting to work, nor has he been flitting around with GND #5.  In fact he seems to have disappeared.  Oh no!  Maybe he fell victim to the werewolves of the supermoon, or more likely the green-eye monster that doesn’t need anything more than a heavenly body to bring it to life.  Millerites, this blogger is issuing a BOLO for BND el egundo.  Report any sitings in the comment section.  What is BND numero uno up to?  Good question.  He appears to be sticking close to GND #3, in fact they were spotting making nice at Jay Simmon’s recent impromptu concert at Stanley’s.  But this blogger has it straight from the horse’s mouth, BND numero uno, that is, that the only lady of note in his life at the moment is blonde and four foot eleven inches tall.  Not sure BND el Segundo is buying that, but as always as soon as any new happens, you can read about it here, on this blog.

Meanwhile, leaves are beginning to fall, which means most Millerites will be out raking leaves.  Might want to stock up on some BenGay.  Nothing gets you down in the back faster than raking leaves, unless it’s jumping in said pile of leaves.  Some things are meant for the young, not the young at heart.  Nuff said.

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