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Knoxxie03's Blogs in August 2008

Dither dither dither
"You don't look good at all," Rochelle Peyton says, pouring coffee in my cup. "Gee, thanks." "I'm being honest." "I caught a cold. I think I've been doing way too much lately, and my body's trying to tell me something." "I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-02 13:42:17 | Rating:

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I can't hear the drums, Fernando...
"I thought your friend from Ohio was supposed to be coming out again." I break open the oversized Portuguese roll sitting in front of me, and apply margarine to both sides, before dipping it in the crock of French onion soup the lovely Siobhan has laid in front of me. I......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-03 16:36:16 | Rating:

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On vacation...
Right now, this week finds me in Virginia Beach, on vacation with my wife's family. I'm writing this on my nephew's laptop. As, for me, the Information Super Highway runs along the lines of a 1963 Rambler Classic, I'm having an interesting time learning how to do things......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-13 19:03:57 | Rating:

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Don't Mess With Brenda!
“So, you’re back!” I look up, and find Brenda Morabito seated at the counter here at the Palmetto Diner. It’s more crowded than usual this evening. I find myself a stool next to hers. On her left is this annoying, self-absorbed woman I see in here quite frequently,......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-18 18:56:18 | Rating:

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Taps
It was a very average night here. Nothing unusual… Until I see Dawn Rice run out the door, with an ashen look on her face. I turn to Alan Adler, and say, “I wonder what that’s about?” “Hmm.” He dips a piece of Portuguese bread into a bowl of shrimp bisque.......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-18 19:39:34 | Rating:

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Mary's Country Kitchen
Tonight, the venue's different. It's the post-Memorial Service dinner. My wife Carolyn and I are here, with Alan Adler, Rochelle Peyton, Siobhan O'Hanlon, Vickie DiGirolomo, Myles Glickman, and my dear friend Crystal, who came out from Ohio for the weekend. ......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-22 22:49:19 | Rating:

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Tales in the Sand
Well, let's face it, Crystal couldn't have picked a nicer weekend to travel out from Ohio. As she insisted on seeing Ocean Grove in its summer dress, rather than huddled in the winter winds, here we are, on Ocean Grove's beach. It's dinner time now, and the sun is receding......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-23 20:15:17 | Rating:

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Lost Man in a Lost World...
"So, how was Virginia Beach?" It's the first time Vickie's getting to talk to me, one on one, in what seems quite some time. As we speak, there's only two other customers in the Palmetto- an Asian couple on the other end. As we speak, Crystal's plane......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-24 15:47:40 | Rating:

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Turn The Page
Last night, as I watched my television, a sort of thread ran through my mind in the form of images. It's a thread of both personages and events in America in the Twentieth Century. Images of Booker T. Washington. W. E. B. DuBois. Marcus......Read More

Posted on: 2008-08-29 20:59:07 | Rating:

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Turkey Parmigiana
Both my wife and I, along with Brenda and MIndy, have been invited to Dawn's for dinner tonight. The children are not home; they're at Dawn's mother's house in Cranbury for the weekend. Tonight, Dawn's making turkey parmigiana. You see, she had a lot of left......Read More