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Perfect World

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I started writing on November 15th. Just a solid first chapter that centered around my sister calling me by the nickname she has for me. I started the story the day before the Blizzard of ‘77, and then included a story I’d heard, as a kid, about a man who’d taken his half of the house (during divorce proceedings) by using an excavator. Just writing for writing’s sake, and a funny thing happened: The characters took off. By December 1st, I was all in. Wrote into my phone, thinking about their lives. I knew I had something special because I was gifted the plot, and it held a message. Something I had to say. On Monday night, I went to sleep, knowing that I had to get out of bed around 5:00. Woke up at 1:00 anyway because I had the final few pages that I needed. I wrote them into my phone, and when I woke up, I wondered if what I’d written down out of a deep sleep was going to make any sense. It did. That afternoon, I typed the final few pages, and a book that I’d started writing on Novemb...
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One Million Mentions

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“We’re all done with that,” Karoline Leavitt said when she was questioned about the Epstein files. “We’re moving on.” Really? Patel and the DOJ came out and said that there was no evidence of a child trafficking ring. Meanwhile, they’re still hiding millions of pages of documents and videos and evidence of the most heinous of crimes. One of the senators who was allowed to look at the files that have not been redacted stated that the huge orange guy’s name appears more than a million times. No wonder they’re hiding it. And some are warning that the files must stay hidden or the entire world might collapse under the weight of the gross misconduct. They are threatening us with destroyed lives if we hold the rich bastards to account. I’m pretty sure that the outcry from the general public would be to let it all burn to the ground. The government is compromised because many of the people in the current administration are also in the files. “If we kick everyone out because they’re mentioned ...
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Minus Nine

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On Sunday night, I asked Kathy if it was supposed to warm up. “For sure. It’s going to be 40 one day this week.” So, imagine my surprise on Monday morning as I left for work. “Damn, it’s frigid!” I yelled, as I dragged the garbage tote in from the road. And I play a game, guessing what temperature it is as provided by my car display. “Five degrees,” I called out, not believing that I missed by 14 degrees! -9 Minus-freaking-nine! That’s as cold as I’ve ever seen. We were up to zero by 9:00. And of course, it all brings havoc to my aching bones by the end of the day. Now, one might ask, how is Ollie handling this? On Saturday, I put out a text: “How many passes has Ollie caught in 2026? Closest to it gets $50.” Kathy, Jake and Sam all put their guesses in… …Sam was closest… …just 130 away. As of this writing, Ollie has caught 6,020 passes in 2026, averaging about 150 a day. Yesterday morning, at minus nine… …he had no interest. Can’t blame him!
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Watched It

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As we watched the Super Bowl I couldn’t help but thinking about Game 7 of the most recent World Series. I didn’t care who won that game either - but man, that was great drama. The Super Bowl is the big television event of the year. The game itself was a snooze. There were a couple of interesting commercials. I liked the fake sitcom one with Ted Danson, Jennifer Aniston and Tom Brady. I was also curious about the halftime show because I knew Bad Bunny was going to be singing in a language that would make MAGA’s heads explode. I hear a lot of Hispanic music on the job sites. It’s an upbeat sound, and has never bothered me at all. I’ll usually mention something, and get a smile or two. As soon as the halftime show ended the pedo put out a post that condemned it, saying, get this: The dancing would be offensive to children!!! Imagine that! The guy mentioned in the Epstein files 38,000 times is worried about the kids! It was a positive performance and while it may have been interesting if t...
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Super Bowl Sunday

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Our golf weekend was pushed up this year because there was a feeling that the Bills were going to be playing today.  They aren’t, and I tried to imagine what this day would be if it were Bills-Seahawks today. There’s no doubt that if the Bills ever win one, this city might burn to the ground. 30 some years ago, my buddy Jeffy and I made a pact to streak through our hometown if they pulled it off. To everyone’s great relief, it didn’t happen, and I don’t think either of us want to honor that pact anymore. I can’t run fast enough to streak at this age! Patriots-Seahawks is a yawner of a matchup unless you’re from Seattle or Boston, and yet, everyone will watch because we are all trying to pretend that the country isn’t going to shit. Of course, there is controversy because Bad Bunny and Greenday are the featured artists for the halftime show. MAGA is screaming because Bad Bunny is from Puerto Rico, and they want a good old-fashioned American artist! Doesn’t matter that Puerto Rico is...
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Another Low Point

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Every day I set a new personal record for consecutive days I’ve been alive. Every day this administration sets a new low in the ‘how low can they go?’ in this shit hole country. The pedophile posted a video that showed President Obama and his wife, as apes. My theory is that it was posted as an effort to remind his followers - who might be disappointed that he’s a pedophile - that he’s still a racist. Some people thoroughly enjoy racism so this might take the sting out of the sexually abusing children stuff. I’m only half-kidding. Posting such a meme is certainly an attempt to divert attention away from the Trump-Epstein files. So. Another low point. There were actually GOP members who were SHOCKED by such blatant racism. Really? Shocked? If there’s one thing that we can all agree on it’s that he’s a blatant, raging racist. It doesn’t matter that if a janitor at the local school posted this he would be fired. Everyone is held to a higher standard than this despicable human. And still, ...
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Bad Bunny & Green Day

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The artists at the Super Bowl were announced quite a while ago. Of those two artists, I know one song: “American Idiot” by Green Day. It was a song that they wrote about George W. I’m told that Bad Bunny is a very popular artist who is from Puerto Rico. The uneducated masses want to know why we couldn’t find an American artist. Um, Puerto Rico is a part of the United States. “Yeah, but his songs aren’t in English! Can’t we find someone who loves our country?” Which is ridiculous. Artists from all over the world have played the Super Bowl gig. The Stones and Who and U2 and Paul McCartney were all from different countries. ‘Course they are white men. I don’t care about the halftime show. I don’t care much about the game either. I do care about my squares. But I hope that Bad Bunny and Green Day get under the skin of all those who are racists and fans of the pedophile portion of our current government. Go get ‘em!
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