Guckin: A True Story, is the fifth short story in the series Doings of Dudley Doolittle

 Guckin: A True Story, is the fifth short story in the series Doings of Dudley Doolittle

In this edition the character Dudley has the nickname of Guckin

It is true, my friend’s nick name was Guckin and he went on to do some great things in life even though he wasn’t good-looking or well built.

This story is about a time in his youth when he was working his way through college by instructing at a summer camp.

Now Guckin didn’t have a very easy time getting dates with the girls so when he connected with the town beauty he took great pride and pleasure in showing her off as he would drive her about town in his car.

Well it turns out that one night Guckin’s good looking roommate wanted to borrow Guckin’s car for a special date…Guckin just couldn’t refuse and turned over the keys.

Horror of horrors, it turned out that the roommate had taken not only Guckin’s car but he had also taken out Guckin’s girl…Guckin was crushed!

Not one to take these things lightly, Guckin knew he had to take action, and so the plan was hatched.

One thing that Guckin observed was that his roommate was not only good-looking but he was excessively vain and would spend hours primping and combing his wavy thick hair in front of the mirror.

Guckin had it, he was off to the pharmacy to purchase some hair removal cream which he mixed with his roommate's hair cream…the results were like magic and large clumps of his roommate's hair fell out.

The roommate asked Guckin what to do and Guckin told him that he probably wasn’t using enough hair cream.

It worked perfectly well and Guckin was back with his girl friend in no time. Well, the girl friend asked Guckin one day what had happened to the roommate and Guckin told her that he had contracted some unmentionable disease and his hair was falling out so he didn’t want to be seen in public.

The moral of the story is this: You shouldn’t be muckin with Guckin!

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The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World by Arthur Herman - Book Review - Five Stars

 Book Review - Five Stars

The Viking Heart: How Scandinavians Conquered the World by Arthur Herman

The author of The Viking Heart, Arthur Herman, wrote:

“Her journey showed off many of the qualities that made her distant ancestors, the Norsemen Vikings, famous: physical and moral courage, determination and adaptability, a deep loyalty to family, and a commitment to cultural heritage, which for her included the Lutheran Church.

The only persons more revered in my grandmother’s house than Franklin Roosevelt were Martin Luther and Leif Erikson, the Viking discoverer of America.”

This book covers more than a thousand years of evolutionary history from a time when nation states had no defined borders, political leadership was roused by local chieftains whose religious beliefs had evolved and dated back in time to antiquity.

Discover who these real people were and the impact they have had in the past thousand years.

I loved this well researched, precisely edited, and fun to read book that moved along with no dull moments.

EXCERPTS:

Winston Churchill would write: “When we reflect upon the brutal vices of these salt-water bandits, pirates as shameful as any whom the sea has borne, or recoil from their villainous destruction and other cruel deeds, we must also remember the discipline, the fortitude, the comradeship and martial virtues which made them at this period beyond all challenge the most formidable and daring race in the world.”

Minneapolis. By 1903, it was the second-largest Scandinavian city in the world, after Stockholm

“the land of the free” was also the land where self-reliance came with a warning label: caveat emptor, or “buyer beware.”

After winning full independence in 1905, Norway followed a similar economic upturn as its government pursued what can be accurately described as free-market policies. It also became the first European country to give women the vote (Denmark followed suit in 1915, while Sweden’s women had to wait until 1919).

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