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Just stuff that is important but I don’t have a category for it. 

Memorial Day

Memorial Day 2025

May 26, 2025

Memorial Day Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. But for many Memorial Day is nothing more than a day off of work when you hang out with your friends...

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Metal milk jugs along a country road

Bad Milk?

May 5, 2025

Bad Milk? What is up with the expiration date on the milk being sold in Northern Virginia Sheetz stores? My local Sheetz has been selling Maola milk (from local dairies) that has an expiration date that is at least five months, yes, months away. I purchased two 12-ounce milks on...

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter Sunday 2025

April 20, 2025

Happy Easter Sunday 2025 Happy Easter! I’m well aware that Easter is a religious holiday, but in the spirit of trying to keep things light, here is an easter egg. In Google Search – search for  “anagram” and it shows “Did you mean: nag a ram“ The HolidayEaster, also called...

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Steak and BJ day

Happy Steak and BJ Day 2025

March 14, 2025

Happy Steak and BJ Day 2025 Steak and BJ Day is Valentine’s Day for men. Face it, Valentine’s Day is for women, there isn’t anything manly about it. It is a holiday that the greeting card industry created to sell greeting cards and other associated products. As Valentine’s Day is...

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Happy Valentine's - Two smiling hearts

Happy Valentine’s Day 2025

February 14, 2025

Happy Valentine’s Day 2025 Of All The Butts In The World, Yours Is My Favorite Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. Originating as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus, Valentine’s...

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Even Santa humps in the Corps

Merry Christmas Everyone!!! – 2024

December 25, 2024

Twas the Night Before Christmas Merry Christmas to everyone! I wrote this a few years back. It is from a wife’s point of view. Twas the Night Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, everyone was sleeping except me and my spouse The stockings were hung by...

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  • Average Joe

    Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.

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