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Dinner Time: Circa 1968
Sometime after his insistence that my mother convert to Catholicism, my dad lost his faith. Mom went Whole Hog into Catholicism, The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
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Marriage and old Appliances
Marriage. It’s a funny thing. I swore it off after the first time around but I eventually found another guy I figured I could tolerate. He liked me too, back then. Over the past 22 or so years our...
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“Other” Lane Discovered in Leavenworth County
Leavenworth County, Kan. –Reports early Saturday afternoon indicate unusual behavior for drivers headed south on Kan. Highway 7, just outside of Lansing, Kansas. Several witnesses called the station...
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TBT: Swimming With The Fishes
I ate a raw shrimp on this boat--rumored to be owned by Jimmy Hoffa (uncle Joe had connections, he said). Looking back I realize it was just another cruel joke I fell for in my youth - never one to...
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Justice: Another Commodity in the Brotherhood of Men
Folks all over the country are acting like this is some kind of isolated incident. Like it’s a big deal that this kid isn’t being punished suitably for forcing his venerated man parts into a sleeping...
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Middle Fingers and Corn Dogs
Today is Lily Belle’s 6th birthday so I joined her at Kindergarten to eat lunch. The “special” table was full so we sat with the regular people. It’s also Frozen Friday so we chose ice cream...
View ArticleNursing? No Thanks
Several months ago my youngest daughter graduated nursing school and moved 500 miles from home to work in a hospital. Soon after she started the job she became more and more anxious about her new...
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Learn to use privacy settings properly so you can advertise the goods to potential buyers only. You'll save your granny some hand-wringing. Why make her suffer?
View ArticleCarhartt Overalls – So Manly They Make Little Girls out of Grown Men
Five years ago I visited Mickey’s Surplus in Kansas City and found a sale on Carhartt overalls. I didn’t yet know the full impact of the Carhartt brand but I knew it was a pretty big deal because of a...
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