titus and philemon: Respect For Others
- 06/11/26 06:59 AM
I don't remember the last time I encountered someone with really bad body order but I don't need a reminder of how unpleasant it is either.
That being said, I sweat pretty easily if the temp is above 75 and I am active. A good example is the last time that I mowed the lawn it was in the upper 80's. I needed a shower immediately after.
Having been in sales all my life I know the importance of good grooming. If you are face to face with a client or potential client the last thing you want to do is to give a negative … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: FOCUS to Improve Your Aim
- 06/10/26 08:01 AM
I never could spit, much less have any aim when I tried.
Now I'm going to take a hard right turn tying this to my preceding post Being Hungry & Real Estate. Aim and focus go together, as do these two posts.
The focus centered post was a needs based post while considering your dream homes floor plan. Your dream home today may NOT be your "forever" home as dreams and needs tend to change.
As far as "Aim" and your home hunting goes you need to aim for something with-in your budget. Many first time home buyers have unrealistic expectations thinking they can aim … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: Being Hungry & Real Estate
- 06/09/26 10:23 AM
These days, in the USA, relatively few people know what true hunger feels like. Obviously I could take this post many directions from dark and gloomy to light hearted.
Being I am using Timmothy's cartoon as inspiration I am going to go for the more light hearted point of view.
I can tell you that no one in the Timm household goes hungry unless by their own choice (I fast a few times a year). As far as the pictures above, that is NOT Carol (my wife) and she only picks up a rolling pin if I've been a really bad … (6 comments)
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titus and philemon: Some Days Are Just Too Warm.
- 06/01/26 12:23 PM
We had a string of record, or near record setting days at the end of May. Many people thought they were going to melt. That's the thing about living in North Dakota, even the 70's seem to hot to some. That last week in May we had several 90's so pretty much everyone here thought it was to hot.
While I am not aware of anyone actually melting here I am aware of many people having heat strokes, in fact a close friend had one last week when I was out of town (she is fine today due to the fast action … (9 comments)
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titus and philemon: Feeling Empty.
- 06/01/26 08:40 AM
When I purchased my first home back in 1973 I had the same empty feeling that Joe is experiencing above.
This is a Real Estate Post
Like most people, I purchased the most house I could afford. For me, on minimum wage (2.65 per hour I think) the most house I could afford was a one bedroom, one bathroom home. On the positive side it was in a good location and the basement was set up to be a little apartment.
On the negative side there were times (for days) I lived on saltines covered with cake frosting. Of course, as a very young … (7 comments)
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titus and philemon: Replacing One Bad Habit With Another.
- 05/29/26 06:03 AM
I think I'd rather bite my nails than eat grass (yard grass, that is). Joe, a single guy whos life seems to revolve around his guinea pigs may find it even harder to meet girls with grass stained teeth. 😆
Sticking with the thought of eating grass I am reminded of a King, a real King who was successful beyond belief who lost his mind and became like an animal in many ways including eating grass.
Before you say "that's just a Bible story consider what AI says:
AI Summary
King Nebuchadnezzar II:
Ruled Babylon from 605 to 562 BCE during the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Known for his … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: Bad Medicine
- 05/28/26 05:45 AM
I've never had to battle the addiction of biting my nails but putting lemon juice on my nails sounds like bad medicine (not dangerous, just not a sound practice).
It was not my intent to take this in the direction of music but now two songs are going through my head:
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My thoughts are now running away on me as I'm also thinking about Huey Lewis's "I Want A New Drug".
That's it!!! I can't spend all day on YouTube...
or can I?
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titus and philemon: That Would Be Vandalism In My Day
- 05/27/26 01:37 PM
I "get" this type of creativity but I do not understand all the graffiti in todays world. Most of what I see in residential neighborhoods are stupid little gang "wanna BE's".
In contrast to the crap above I do see some amazing graffiti on Rail Road cars. I'm not sure how those "artists" pull it off as I live in a RR town and the two Rail Yards are heavily policed. Here is two RR graffiti's I found on line that I was impressed with.
Perhaps the RR cars I see decorated locally were actually painted in very rural areas where there is … (11 comments)
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titus and philemon: I think They Actually Do Have A "Thing" For That.
- 05/26/26 01:23 PM
I am going to jump right to Real Estate on this one.
No matter what problem(s) your home has there is most likely several solutions to fix it. Rarely, a bulldozer is the proper solution.
BTW this picture was lifted from an article stating: They bulldozed the wrong house.
During my career as a Real Estate Broker I've known less than six listing that a bulldozer was the proper solution. Even though a quarter of the homes in Minot were submerged in a flood most of them (like mine) were salvaged by stripping them down to the bones and rebuilding them.
The one thing, in … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: Summertime Food Contamination
- 05/26/26 08:17 AM
There are certain things you do NOT do in the kitchen, including clipping your nails. Of course in the cartoon above the back yard it Philemon's kitchen.
Obviously food contamination via toe nail clipping would be highly unlikely BUT there are several common ways for food to become contaminated during the summer time. Here are ways to avoid poisoning your family and yourself.
Some of the advice above can be difficult while camping. If one can NOT meet all of the advice please remember that throwing the food away is a better alternative to getting sick and having your stomach pumped.
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titus and philemon: A Thousand Posts Could Be Written About Driving
- 05/22/26 06:32 AM
Even the most saintly men and women "transform" when behind the wheel of an automobile.
Prior to my marriage 28 years ago I was a total raging maniac behind the wheel. Hand signals, honking horns, and cursing were all part of my driving experience. Carol would start crying... I needed to (and did) change.
I'm sure that everything I've experienced from behind the wheel you have as well. I am also sure that you handled it far better than I did in the past.
I'm glad Timmothy wrote this cartoon because I have backslided a bit recently. I need to remember that as long as … (11 comments)
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titus and philemon: Free Uniforms
- 05/22/26 06:20 AM
This cartoon and post were inspired by the following article in the Northern Sentry, Minot Air Force Base newspaper.
The Airmen's Attic is available to low ranking Airmen, those on the bottom end of the Air Force pay scale. At this time they are also making essential kitchen tools available for free to the same Airmen.
I have to tell you that until I read the article (linked to the photograph above) I had no idea that Airmen had to purchase uniform items. I should have known this being my daughter was in the Airforce for six years. I'm guessing that they only need to … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: I Avoid Electric Chairs
- 05/21/26 06:16 AM
Geez! If there were an electric chair like Joes you would think that there would be issues with the cord.
Before I get to my message I will tell you where I think this cartoon came from. When I started in Real Estate my brokers office had a unique design that had a traffic circle that lead to all the individual offices. I would put little Tina & Timmothy in my office chair and run them around the circle as fast as I could while also spinning the chair. They loved it, I got a good workout doing it.
Innovation has been a … (8 comments)
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titus and philemon: They DON'T All Look The Same To Me.
- 05/18/26 01:27 PM
I have not done much, if any, cloud watching since last summer. Winter clouds are usually just a sheet of grey. That being said I think there was one last week that I pointed out to Timmothy but I couldn't tell you today what it looked like. Here is one I took years ago.
In the photo above I see a cat sitting on the cloud looking for a mouse to come through the hole.
Below
This one looks like some kind of cartoon chicken thing with a goats head. Just sayin.
Okay, I'm loosing focus so I'll just exit saying keep your chin up … (9 comments)
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titus and philemon: Some People, Hmph!
- 05/18/26 10:42 AM
Don't we all know someone with the same attitude as Philemon? Hopefully it's not ourselves 😊. It seems old men are often portrayed as grumpy old men.
Well, as of Saturday I have another year under my belt and I am hoping no one is describing me in that way.
That being said, more and more things disgust me everyday BUT now I remind myself that God is in control and he will clean up the mess.
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titus and philemon: The Best Grass
- 05/18/26 06:09 AM
I can relate to Joe. I'm beat because I had a very active Birthday weekend and at the same time I can hardly breath due to a cold. Today is better, so far. I'm not sure if I'm better or if it's the ton of over the counter cold medications I consumed over the weekend.
I think I tried everything and not in the labeled serving size recommendation, maybe double or triple that. 😣 Oh well, at least I am feeling better.
As far as Titus & Philemon's turf war, in some sense I can relate to that as well.
When I purchased my … (6 comments)
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titus and philemon: Rain, Rain, GET BACK HERE!!!
- 05/14/26 11:58 AM
North Dakota, nearly the entire State, is in a Red Flag Alert.
For several days now we have had high winds and very little rain. This makes for a Red Flag Alert. It's not good for Farmers, home owners who care about their lawns, and certainly not good for fire fighters.
Personally it effects me in the following ways:
1) I love to use my burn pit and that is a big no, no as I'd hate to be the one to burn down our neighborhood.
2) I reseeded much of our yard and that grass seed needs moisture... of which there is pretty much … (12 comments)
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titus and philemon: Eating Machine?
- 05/13/26 07:14 AM
Usually, preceding the words eating machine, is "Lean, Mean" and then the words "eating machine". Not so with guinea pigs or Bob Timm.
To be fair I am not a 24/7 eating machine. My seemingly uncontrollable urge to eat is from 7PM to 9PM.
REAL ESTATE APPLICATION
We all eat but we don't all cook. While some folks are fine with a little "galley" MOST buyers prefer a larger kitchen. The advantage to a galley is that some cooks don't want anyone else in their way while they cook.
Our kitchen is the largest room in our home and it serves as a gathering place. That being … (8 comments)
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titus and philemon: Green Thumb, Certainly an Asset to Selling Your Home.
- 05/12/26 08:00 AM
I thought today's cartoon was a bit of a groaner but it did remind me of a cartoon Timmothy wrote a few years back that I thought was pretty genius for a cartoon.
Sticking with the "Green Thumb" theme and relating it to Real Estate I'm going to apply it to listings for sale and Home Staging. I will call on Kathy Streib to help me out on this as I may not know what I am talking about, BUT i have to assume that if your houseplants don't look like they just came out of the greenhouse you need to toss them … (5 comments)
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titus and philemon: Moving On From Bugs To Guinea Pigs.
- 05/11/26 07:18 AM
This post is actually about fences.
Yesterday's post was about humans eating bugs. Today I'm talking about dogs and guinea pigs.
I am pretty sure that most dogs would make a meal out of a guinea pig if one was set before them.
If we still had a guinea pig they would not find much comfort in our chain link fence. That being said we did lose a guinea pig for about 48 hours who escaped it's little outdoor pen and hid next to a grapevine covered chain link fence.
So this blog is actually a blog about fences.
Let me tell you about our neighbors chain link … (8 comments)
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I don't remember the last time I encountered someone with really bad body order but I don't need a reminder of how unpleasant it is either.
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