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Apr4

A 2 Z – 2026 – Devil Radio

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A 2 Z – 2026 – Devil Radio

Green background, colored dots, and large Letter D in white

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Mystery Box Chickens  standing by pink framed chalkboard with Devil Radio written on it. Chickens asy “Don’t mess with us!”

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DEVIL RADIO

Phenomenon…An extraordinary, impressive, significant, unusual, unaccountable occurrence or fact that is perceptible by the senses.

That’s what I would call the Devil Radio incident…a phenomenon.

The incident happened a few years ago. I’ve always listened to the radio, late at night. My favorite program to hear, is Coast 2 Coast. It comes on at midnight, in our time zone, and topics range from conspiricy theories, ghosts, numerology, UFOs, bigfoot, and all types of weird and wonderful things you could ever imagine. They have guests from time to time, that speak on their experiences.

This night, they said they were going to interview a person that claimed he was the Devil.

Well, like I mentioned, there are some pretty far out there topics covered on this program, some believable, some not so much.  However, this was one I really didn’t want to hear…seemed too scary, to me. I kept the radio on, right up until the time came for the interview, then I turned it off. I keep my transistor radio by the pillow, so I can just reach up and turn it off if I want to, without getting out of bed.

So, I tried turning it off…but it wouldn’t stop playing the radio program.

I switched it on and off again, just to make sure…and I was sure it was turned off. But, it kept playing. I turned the dial to different stations, all across the dial, and the same show was playing on all the stations. Meanwhile, the interview was starting, and I was hearing what I didn’t want to hear.

In the end, I removed the batteries from the radio, and that seemed to work. No more Devil person talking. I have no idea why this happened, or how. I don’t really know what such a thing would be called in paranormal terms, as I’ve never heard of it happening to anyone else.

It never happened again, even though I listened to many more programs after that night. Maybe my radio was possessed by the Devil that one time? Who knows…

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“(You’re the) Devil in Disguise”, by Elvis Presley, was released from his album, “Elvis – Gold Records Vol. 4”, in 1963. It was written by, Bill Giant, Bernie Baum, and Florence Kaye, and is on the RCA label.

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© 2019 & 2026 BS

Apr4

A to Z 2025 – letter D – restaurants

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A to Z 2025 – letter D – restaurants

 

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Going Rouge (Rogue) picture above was created by Jim Adams, of A Unique Title For me. Thanks, Jim! You can find his blog here:

Getting a Jump

My theme this year for A to Z 2025 will be my personal review of restaurants I’ve been to, and a little story if I remember one. Some will be just observations, and others will be a repeat of a post if I’ve already done one about the places. Also there will be photos if I have them.

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I found a painted rock at the DQ one time! It is blue with orange splotches on it. 🙂

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the blue painted large round rock

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Dairy Queen

plate of food from DQ

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Our daughter gave us the DQ gift card for Christmas, so we used it to buy our lunch a couple of days later. The photo shows the meal of two steak fingers, French fries w/ketchup, TX toast, and a cup of cream gravy. It’s always good. 🙂

Funny story from the DQ:

One day we were at the Dairy Queen restaurant at lunch time. I noticed the sign out front, and from where I was sitting I could only see part of it. It was advertising the Blizzard, which is a very thick ice cream treat.

Well, the part I could see only said ‘Lizzard’, as the ‘B’ was blocked from my view. It struck me funny, saying to get an original ‘lizzard’ meal deal.

DQ lizzard meal sign out the window

So, I got to thinking…how do you spell ‘lizard’? Is it with one letter z or two? It turns out it is with only one letter z. Why? It seems as though they short-changed the little lizards of the world, by only granting them one letter z. Lots of other words have two, such as the Blizzard treat, a real weather blizzard, and even a chicken has two in their gizzards.

I say we should give the lizards another letter z.

And, as Little Orphan Annie said, “Leapin’ Lizards!”

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Dimba’s

part of a menu and we wrote on a pink paper what we wanted to order –

We ordered a 12 piece ‘mess ‘o fish southern style’, a small order of fried okra, 4 extra puffs, 1 large iced tea.

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This is a tiny little place, not in any way fancy (or clean by the way), but they have fried fish platters and chicken platters. Tastes really good, but it’s way on the other side of town, so we haven’t been in a very long time.

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Dickie’s

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A cafeteria style barbeque place, that the food was just okay, nothing to get excited about, just regular bbq foods and sides.

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Double Nickle

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This is a very expensive restaurant, kind of done in an old west style you might say. We ate there once, and the food was very good, and the place was super fancy. We said we’d eat there again someday, but we would have to save our money up before then. So I made a big coffee can labeled with ‘double nickle fund’ and all the extra change we saved up went into the can. I think we might have saved up fifty dollars before we gave up. Spent the money on something else, and never went back to that place.

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Dion’s

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Dion’s is a pizza place close to our house. It’s pretty good, and fast, eat in or take out. They have an awesome huge salad I like a lot, too, just mixed salad veggies, and dressing.

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© 2025 BS

Apr5

A to Z BLOG CHALLENGE … LETTER E

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A to Z BLOG CHALLENGE … LETTER EA2Z-BADGE-0002015-LifeisGood-230_zps660c38a0

DAFFY DEFINITIONS

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Daffy Definition = exuviae/exuviation – To show joy and excitement in dramatic fashion.

Sentence = Sally forgot all abut decorum, when she won the beauty contest. She screamed, and jumped up and down, in her exuviation.

Real Definition = The natural covering of animals (as the skin of snakes) after they have been sloughed off; the process of moulting.

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Daffy Definition = enfilade – A baby formula combining milk with lemonade.

Sentence = Baby Betty liked to drink her enfilade, because it tasted good. Her mother liked enfilade, because it combined the wholesome milk, with the citrus, for added nutrition.

Real Definition = An arrangement of two parallel rows; gunfire directed along the length of an enemy battle line; to rake, or be in position to rake with gunfire in a lengthwise direction.

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Daffy Definition = embrocate -To make an observation about someone, in order to embarrass them.

Sentence = Connie instructed her husband not to embrocate her at the party, about her bad cooking skills.

Real Definition = To moisten and rub a part of the body with lotion.

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Apr4

A to Z Blog Challenge…..Letter D

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Thanks for stopping by to read my entry for the A to Z Blog Challenge…Letter D

Comments welcome…happy reading!

 

DECORATING A CAKE

Don’t you love the pretty decorated cakes you see at the bakery? There are cute birthday cakes, graduation cakes, party cakes, and the beautiful wedding cakes. I’ve even seen some really crazy looking ones that they make on the tv shows. It is very interesting how they put those together.

I took a cake decorating class a few years ago. It was at a craft store. In a back room, several people would sit at tables, while the instructor taught us about the kinds of equipment needed, such as special tips, pastry bags, spatulas; and, about the different types of borders, flowers, writing, and colorings you could use.

The basic set of tools were included in the price of the course. One of our first assignments was to bake a couple of cake layers, mix up some icing, and bring these to class. We would practice on these cakes. It was a lot of fun, and we were thrilled to see our creation. Every class, we had another assignment. We learned how to do fancy borders, how to do different types of writing words in icing, mixing colors, how to do flowers, and leaves.

At the end, we got a certificate of completion, and we could proudly say we were cake decorators! I still have my kit, and still decorate cakes on occasion, just for fun. One of the best things I learned, was the recipe for that bakery cake type icing. It is very simple.

Decorating Icing (Buttercream Icing)

1 pound confectioner’s sugar (powdered sugar)

1/3 cup of Crisco (shortening)

1/4 cup water (slightly less for roses)

1 teaspoon vanilla

(if butter cream flavor is desired, omit vanilla and substitute 1/2 teaspoon Wilton’s butter flavor)

Combine all ingredients and beat with electric mixer, at least 5 minutes.

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If you get a chance, you should take a class. It’s fun, and you get to eat your homework assignment!

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Thanks for stopping by! If you would like to, check out my other blog for the entry on the letter D. It is at http://ghostmmnc.blogspot.com