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NOTE: Humpy's real name was Howard Augustine Wheeler HUMPY WHEELER H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler passes away at 86 | NASCAR * The Scene Vault Podcas...

Tom Gillispie

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#HumpyWheeler REMEMBERING HUMPY #Humpy #Wheeler #CharlotteMotorSpeedway #NASCARWinstonCupSeries #autoracing #motorsports
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REMEMBERING HUMPY

ICE WATER at the DOG PARK

November 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#icewater ICE WATER at the DOG PARK #dogpark
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THIS WAS TAKEN AT COVINGTON PARK, NOT AT THE DOG PARK. When we went to the dog park earlier this week, I took along some water for Lady...

Your Dog Doesn’t See You as Human – Here’s What You Really Are to Them MORE on DOGS 14 Incredible Things Your Dog Can See and Hear That You ...

November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#dogs YELP! #pain #hurting_your_dog #forgiving_you
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2016/11/yelp...

November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#dogs #information MORE on DOGS #canines #petting_your_dog #what_your_dog_sees #learning
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MORE on DOGS

a magnifying glass is focused on the word i applied myself in a dictionary

November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#wrongword VALLEY OF HUMBLENESS #humbleness #humility
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ALT: a magnifying glass is focused on the word i applied myself in a dictionary

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November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#autoracing Links to AUTO RACING NON NASCAR #IMSA #IndyLights #IndyCarSeries #WatkinsGlen #VIR
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2021/05/auto...

November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#writers DON’T TELL ME; SHOW ME #editor #books #novels
tg-editor-proofreader.blogspot.com/2021/06/show...

Books Reading GIF

ALT: Books Reading GIF

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November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#shorttrack #racing Links to SHORT-TRACK RACING #racers #LateModels #StreetStocks #SuperStocks #modifieds #NewRiver
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2020/12/shor...

Links to SHORT-TRACK RACING

2021 Redbud 400-last 3 laps at Anderson Speedway. SHORT-TRACK RACING Dale Earnhardt Jr. After Finishing 9th at Florence Motor Speedway Lat...

How to get backspin on your golf shots (easy way) FIXING YOUR GOLF GAME Video Lesson Tip: Fix Pulls to the Left Shots ^ HOW TO DRAW AND FADE...

November 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#fixing your #golf #game FIXING YOUR GOLF GAME #golf_tips
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2023/01/fix....

FIXING YOUR GOLF GAME

LINKS TO LABRADOR RETRIEVERS

November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#fluffy_dogs Links to FLUFFY DOGS #samoyeds #chowchows #huskies #malamutes #snowdogs
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2020/05/fluf...

November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#canines IT’S A DOG’S LIFE; a magazine article from 2016 #canine #business #K9
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2017/02/dogs...

November 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#editors #writers EDITORS AND WRITERS BUTTING HEADS #journalism #newspapers
tg-editor-proofreader.blogspot.com/2011/06/edit...

November 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#labs LINKS TO LABRADOR RETRIEVERS #LABRADOR #RETRIEVERS
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2020/05/labs...

LABRADOR RETRIEVERS Labrador Retriever | Dogs 101 LABRADOR RETRIEVER - ALL About This Popular Breed 10 Best Things About LABRADORS ...

Woman's adopted dog turns out to be not too bright. But he delivers on laughs. ADOPTED DOGS Shelter Dog’s First Day Home MORE Shelter dogs...

November 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#adopted #dogs LINKS TO ADOPTED DOGS #straydogs #animalrescue #adopteddogs #canines #dogrescue #adoptionday
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2024/09/adop...

LINKS TO ADOPTED DOGS

Links to animals and music

November 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#music ANIMALS AND MUSIC #musical #animals #BuddyMercury #one_dog_band #dog_and_wind_chimes #belugawhales #classicalmusic
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2019/10/musi...

ONE-DOG BAND ANIMALS and MUSIC Classical Music Led 2,000 Whales To Safety Playing piano with my cat and dog This is gonna be the song of the...

Elon Musk Lied to You: We Will NEVER Go to Mars THE PLANET MARS Why a colony on Mars is a dangerous idea | Matt O'Dowd, Avi Loeb, and Carol ...

November 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#colony on #Mars LINKS TO THE PLANET MARS #planets #red_planet #fourth_planet #sunset_on_Mars #duststorms #Curiosity #rover
tom-gillispie.blogspot.com/2022/05/mars...

LINKS TO THE PLANET MARS

Rescuing a loyal dog for 8 years waiting for its owner to pass away. LINKS TO LOYAL DOGS A Loyal Heart Never Forgets🐶🥲#kindness#doglove#he...

November 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#loyal_dogs LINKS TO LOYAL DOGS #protective_dogs
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2021/12/loya...

LINKS TO LOYAL DOGS

Video links to MISTREATED DOGS

November 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#dogs Links to MISTREATED DOGS #mistreateddogs #rescuedogs #mistreated_dogs #living_skeleton
tg-dog-blog.blogspot.com/2020/08/mist...

Walking skeleton turns into the most beautiful husky MISTREATED DOGS German Shepherd Nose Taped Shut 🥹 Living skeleton transforms into t...

Years ago, Kyle Petty was visiting Charleston, S.C., and signing autographs at a local grocery store. My wife was a big fan and wanted to g...

November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#racing REMEMBERING HOSS ELLINGTON #DaveyAllison #DavidPearson #BrettBodine #SterlingMarlin #NASCAR
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2016/07/hoss...

November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#motorsports I KNOW YOU (Kyle Petty in Charleston) #KylePetty #signing #autographs
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2015/09/i-kn...

I know you, Kyle Petty

Jeff Gordon's milk toast to Dale Earnhardt

November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#milktoast Jeff Gordon’s MILK TOAST to DALE EARNHARDT #Earnhardt #DaleEarnhardt #cupbanquet #JeffGordon
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2012/01/jeff...

An excerpt from the book Angel in Black: Remembering Dale Earnhardt Sr. : One of my favorite Earnhardt stories is Dale's supposed inti...

Links to CLIMATE CHANGE and NATURE

November 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#environment Links to CLIMATE CHANGE and NATURE #climate #change #global #warming #CO2 #earth #beauty #nature
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Is it too late for us to slow climate warming? | Hannah Ritchie, PhD CLIMATE CHANGE and NATURE Is Climate Change Caused by Humans? * Trump ...

Heart like a racer (Shirley Muldowney)

November 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#champions HEART like a RACER (Shirley Muldowney) #racer #dragracing #ShirleyMuldowney
the-auto-racing-journal.blogspot.com/2016/02/hear...

In the 1990s, I was the auto-racing writer at the C harleston (S.C.) Post & Courier , and drag-racing great Shirley Muldowney was suppos...

Years ago, I was working at a small newspaper. I wrote all the copy, took all the pictures and laid out all of the pages for the sports ...

November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#photography YER OUTTA THERE! #softball #sports #recreation #photo #camera
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Yer outta there!

Years ago, I was covering a football game at a high school in eastern North Carolina, and I used the principal's office to write my story. ...

November 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM

Tom Gillispie

@tgilli72.bsky.social

#newspapers ANYTHING FOR A STORY (a football memory from the '80s) #journalism
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Anything for a story