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Tired
As the late, and beautiful Madeline Kahn warbled in 'Blazing Saddles'...let's face it- I'm tired. I'm bone tired of this election process, which just goes on and on and on until we're all ready to throw up. I'm tired of people being castigated for telling the truth (it's true!......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-01 06:11:47 | Rating:

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Caring for Dawn
"Wow!" Dawn exhales. "This is unbelievable!" Well, she finally got me. She pestered me long enough. I stopped by Brenda's earlier, and borrowed her landlord's massage table. I then brought it over to my house,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-03 20:08:00 | Rating:

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Cue up George Jones
TIME Magazine's '100 Most Influential Celebrities who Paid for Face Space' issue's out. It so shamelessly panders to the 'People' set that it's almost unreadable. I'm so happy my subscription's running out. All TIME is good for is as reading material when......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-04 14:05:54 | Rating:

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A different diner for a change...
"You're not gonna believe this," Dawn says, as she puts her white Honda Accord station wagon in drive, and heads out of the parking lot at Baker's Basin, "but Rob's family's all on my side. They all understand. They also think Shari's crazy!"......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-08 08:50:06 | Rating:

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Bangers and Mash
Rochelle comes down the counter when she sees me, "Hey, I missed you!" "Well," I say, making myself comfortable, "I was away for the weekend. My niece's first communion." "Oh, that's nice, when they get dressed up in their white......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-11 21:09:47 | Rating:

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Bye, Mike...
This weekend's entries are in posted in memory of a friend of thirty years standing, a man named Michael McDermott. Mike had heart failure late last night, and passed away early this morning. He was 55. Mike was my best friend's cousin. You see, my best......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-16 23:23:51 | Rating:

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My kingdom for a nap...
Sir Winston Churchill was an early advocate of what is now known as a 'power nap'. He discovered this in the discharge of his duties at the Admiralty in the early years of the first World War, and adopted it again during the second. He'd catch an hour of zees in the early......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-18 11:57:56 | Rating:

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Shish Kabob
"So, you coming next week?" Brenda turns around, and looks at me. "Coming to what?" "My house, on Saturday. We're having a barbecue." "Ah, I think I remember you mentioning that." She's cutting her Greek omelette......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-18 17:56:53 | Rating:

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Victoria Dei Gratia Regina
"So, how was the funeral?" asks Dawn. "Pissing rain. Thankfully, it didn't last too long. The service was very nice, I think the priest was Indonesian. He provoked thought in a very down to earth way. Unlike the......Read More

Posted on: 2008-05-23 20:54:15 | Rating:

| Views: 61 | Comments: 1 | Tags: Friendship Relationships

Please, Sir, could I have some...less?
"This reminds me of lunch back in school," says the young, vapid idiot sitting next to me here on the end. Said young, vapid idiot is a female, of what I call the 'like' variety. You know. The variety that must insert the phrase 'like' in between......Read More