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Knoxxie03's Blogs in July 2008

"It was the best of times..."
"Now, when are you going on vacation?" Brenda asks of me. "August 9th through the 16th." I'm enjoying broiled salmon tonight, with wild rice and green beans on the side. Brenda's having a plate of cholesterol, with a side of white flour and corn......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-02 21:41:57 | Rating:

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Sweepers, sweepers, man your brooms...
A very warm night, this July 3rd. Doesn't take me much to just close my eyes, on a warm night like this, and drift back, way back, to the summer of 1981. It's steamy, and the air is still. I'm nineteen years old, and yes, miracle of miracles, I still have a beautiful,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-03 23:41:35 | Rating:

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Hasta la vista, Boss Hogg
"You did what ?" Vickie asks of me, with an eager smile. "I locked myself out of my house yesterday." "How the hell did you do that?" "Simple. I left the keys on the kitchen table, and walked out. ......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-05 09:53:56 | Rating:

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Swingbattabattabatta
"It's just not what it was," Brenda says. She's got a cup of coffee in front of her, along with a cinnamon bun. "No, it isn't." "It was so much more enjoyable when the atmosphere was real, and the players were real, and Life was real." I have a cup......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-07 21:44:27 | Rating:

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Out of the Blue
Brenda's wearing an interesting shirt in the diner tonight. It's an ELO T-shirt she bought at one of their concerts on the Out of the Blue tour. This T-shirt is thirty years old . Looks brand new. "You're kidding me, right?" "Why would I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-13 14:44:45 | Rating:

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Full House
"Gee whiz, look who's heuh," Alan Adler says, in an exaggerated Bronxese. "He's too good ta hang around US anymaw." I sit in the stool, smiling. Tonight's a full house. It's Alan, Myles Glickman, Harland Woods, who hasn't been here in......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-20 08:24:14 | Rating:

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We're on the road to...
"Get in." "Excuse me?" "No, pack a light bag, and get in." I look at my driveway, and see Brenda Morabito, standing in front of a well-kept, light blue metallic Mercedes-Benz 'E' class of the late 1980s. She's talked about this car before-it belongs......Read More

Posted on: 2008-07-25 21:20:29 | Rating:

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Eggplant Sandwiches for Breakfast
As I've said, many times, there's nothing quite like a sunrise. Especially in the summer. Sunrises are particularly beautiful, when you're watching it from the deck of a twenty-six footer ambling along at three knots in the middle of a very calm Chesapeake Bay.......Read More