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Good Clean Shirts
I got three beautiful basic banded collar shirts this afternoon. Bask in the glory.
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Regrets
I don’t have very many regrets. There are a few truly boneheaded things I’ve done in my life that replay in my mind occasionally. There are a few choices that haunt me. One in particular has been coming back on me lately. When I went to college for the first time I auditioned for the…
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Freedom
The United States just recently recognized today as a federal holiday. It is called Juneteenth. It commemorates the day the last chattel slaves were made legally free in Texas. It is a day to celebrate freedom. Freedom from color, freedom from class, freedom from caste, and freedom tyranny. Our country has not wiped out slavery…
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Favorite Days
Once in a while I see a post about how the memories of your childhood aren:t ever the ones from sitting in front of a TV. That is simply not correct in my case. I remember staying up late to watch SCTV and laughing like crazy at John Candy. I also remember the Dungeons &…
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Positive Syncretism
When I was growing up I played a lot of Dungeons & Dragons. I would entertain myself with mini adventures almost every day. There was one source book that fascinated me called Deities and Demigods. It had a list of various gods from many of the world’s more famous pantheons. Each god had a description…
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Banded Collar Shirts
I really splurged today. I still had money from my last paycheck and the new one is coming soon. I looked online for banded collar shirts. I found a beautiful but small and expensive collection. I knew that shipping would be the same whether I bought one or two so I bought three. I really…
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I Hate Paperwork
In order for me to bill for the boys I need to legally prove who I am, where I live, and where the money should be deposited. I think I have sufficient paperwork for all three of those things. Physical copies. Actual documents. Well screen shots and print outs of actual documents. Dealing with the…
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The Dodge Street Standard
When I was in my twenties I lived in an apartment on Dodge Street. It was in a single dwelling house that had been cut into three pieces. I was desperately poor by American standards but I had everything I actually needed. I sometimes refer to it as “living on the edge of society in…
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Wrapped Carnations
My wife knows I love carnations. She bought me this bouquet last week. She warned me that if I didn’t take them out of the wrapping and put them into water that they wouldn’t last long. I left them in the wrapping and hung the whole arrangement on the wall of the den. She was…