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A Trip to E St

This past week we went to the Twin Cities. Our Family Truckster had been making a noise all summer and I just knew it was one of those things that was going to bite me in my fat white ass … Continue reading

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It’s a New Dawn

John Legend sang an old song last night in front of the Lincoln Memorial and damn, it fit my mood. Birds flying high, you know how I feelSun in the sky, you know how I feelBreeze driftin’ on by, you … Continue reading

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A Season of Books

It’s snowing outside. That’s not a surprise and it will melt by tomorrow, but DAMN this does not bode well. I read the Farmer’s Almanac and a couple other long range forecasts in September. The general consensus is we will … Continue reading

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RIP Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry passed away this weekend at the ripe age of ninety. There was a brief time in my high school days when me and my friends were fascinated by Chuck. Teenage rebellion and a love of rock ‘n roll … Continue reading

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It’s All Cold Down at the Beach

You didn’t think I’d forget Bruce, did you?

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Wanna Be a Rock n’ Roll Star

My wife has been known to accuse me of acting like a crabby old man or at least driving like one. Well, when you’re driving a Mercury Land Yacht it’s not exactly like you have the acceleration she used to … Continue reading

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Caturday – Got Them Rainy Day Kitteh Blues

We are experiencing the first really good rain of this spring. The cats are less than enthused. Joffrey expressed his cabin fever by wrestling with Arya, trashing the hallway and living room rugs, leaping from the cat post to the … Continue reading

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No One Should Have to Hear Feliz Navidad More Than Once

Last night we were driving around our small town, looking at Christmas lights. It’s a little disappointing this year. The prime time for putting out lights is mid-to-late November and this year we had temperatures in the minus zero range. … Continue reading

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But Maybe Everything That Dies, Someday Comes Back

Here’s The Band with their cover of Springsteen’s classic “Atlantic City”. I love this song, in all its versions. Bruce has done it a dozen different ways and The Band takes it in yet another. In another life, at an … Continue reading

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Of Muscle Relaxants and Strange Dreams

Sunday night I unloaded the car from an overnight trip to Bismarck. Per our standard operating procedure when out of town, we stocked up on EVERYTHING. So while I took a lot of weight off the car’s rear axle somewhere … Continue reading

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