Shaken, Not Stirred.

Shaken, Not Stirred: Election.

November 6, 2016

Shaken, Not Stirred: Election. #ShakenNotStirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. Pretty soon, it’ll be over. Well actually, it won’t. Regardless of what the election results are Tuesday night, we will usher ourselves into yet another expansion of “politics of personal destruction”. My greater concern, again, regardless of the outcome, has to do with…

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Messiah.

October 30, 2016
Shaken, Not Stirred: Messiah.

Shaken, Not Stirred: Messiah. #ShakenNotStirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. No, this isn’t a religious post. This is about a group of people, apparently of growing membership and affiliation. These are individuals who feel they are the only ones with the solution to any given problem, and only they can save us from whatever…

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Shaken, Not Stirred: It was mink coats, and d’élégance

October 16, 2016
Shaken, Not Stirred: It was mink coats, and d’élégance

It was mink coats, and d’élégance #ShakenNotStirred. Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. This week I’m veering from my stated path in life, RIC (Ranter-In-Chief), to relate a personal anecdote, prompted by the news of actress Patricia Barry’s death earlier this week. A little background. In the early years of my…

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Shaken, Not Stirred: Politics.

October 9, 2016
Shaken, Not Stirred: Politics.

Shaken, Not Stirred: Politics. #ShakenNotStirred. Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. A couple of weeks ago (September 25) I watched President Barack Obama dine in a Hanoi street restaurant with Anthony Bourdain on CNN’s “Parts Unknown”. They consumed bun cha, a Vietnamese dish of grilled pork and rice noodles, some greens,…

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Shaken, Not Stirred: “We’re sending you this dime…”

October 2, 2016

Shaken, Not Stirred: “We’re sending you this dime…” Shaken, Not Stirred. A blog by Jim Bond. Sponsored by Pro-Master Carpet Cleaning, 231-757-9061, promastercarpetcleaning.com. The last time I purchased ‘return address’ labels was several years ago. I designed them myself; a nice script font. I used them on my matching gray stationery and envelopes for personal notes and letters I sent. I…

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