Archive For The “Here I Am” Category

Super Bowel Prep + Groundhog’s Day

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Super Bowel Prep + Groundhog’s Day

In accordance with my instructions, I didn’t eat any solid food that day; all I had was chicken broth, which is basically water, only with less flavor. – Dave Barry When every meal begins to feel like a game of Russian roulette, it might be time to seek medical advice. Been waiting for my stomach…

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The Sunny Side Of Social Media

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The Sunny Side Of Social Media

True friendship is when two friends can walk in opposite directions, yet remain side by side. – Josh Grayson Philosophy is different than politics. So, I was amused when I received contiguous emails from a Democratic activist and a Trump defender. Almost doesn’t matter what my friends say, just so long as they stay in…

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Inventory

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Inventory

The greatest battle is not physical but psychological. The demons telling us to give up when we push ourselves to the limit can never be silenced for good. They must always be answered by the quiet steady dignity that simply refuses to give in. Courage. We all suffer. Keep going. – Graeme Fife Just the…

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I’ll Worry About Tomorrow When It Gets Here

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I’ll Worry About Tomorrow When It Gets Here

IT’S HERE.

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This Is How I Feel

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This Is How I Feel

Ready? It doesn’t matter. The world is changed by people who aren’t ready. – Richie Norton This is how I feel. Blue balls. Turning green in the cold armed only with a sharp point protected by dystopian pajamas facing off against fighter planes like some displaced guerrilla on a downtown skyscraper. While giant bugs try to…

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What Do We Have Here?

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What Do We Have Here?

The first and most important thing an individual can do is to become an individual again, decontrol himself, train himself as to what is going on and win back as much independent ground for himself as possible. –  William S. Burroughs That picture?   Somebody   slipped something into my drink.   Think Whoahipnal hit…

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GERONTOLOGY

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GERONTOLOGY

Within her presence, I had once been used to feeling—trembling—wonder, dissolution; but that was long ago. Still, though my soul, now she was veiled, could not see her directly, by way of hidden force that she could move, I felt the mighty power of old love. –  Dante Alighieri The odds of two seniors  being…

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2019 In The Rearview

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2019 In The Rearview

Everything happens kind of the way it’s supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you can’t control it. Looking back, you can’t say, ‘I should’ve… ‘ You didn’t, and had you, the outcome would have been different. – Rick Rubin In Florida, 2019 was the Year of the Exploding Toilet Also the…

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Watching Taxi Driver, A Potential Trump Voter Wonders…

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Watching Taxi Driver, A Potential Trump Voter Wonders…

The idea had been growing in my brain for some time. True force. All the king’s men cannot put it back together again. – Travis Bickle I am an angry old college-educated white married male in a deep red – garnet even – Congressional district. Multiple neighbors are flying large expensive-looking flags TRUMP 2020: NO…

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I Feel Sick

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I Feel Sick

We have a situation where we’re looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms, where you turn the faucet on in areas where there’s tremendous amounts of water, where the water rushes out to sea because you could never handle it. And you don’t get any water. You turn on the…

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