Archive For October 12, 2020

Chris Isaak Said It Best (A Short Story)

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Chris Isaak Said It Best (A Short Story)

She had a big dog and a tight pussy and a great smile and some stiff weed. The room’s already paid for. But the bitch would not give me the fuckin’ remote.

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote For Trump

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Friends Don’t Let Friends Vote For Trump

Imagine if everybody who claimed to be “pro-life” just wore a mask. – Barker Ajax I am an angry old white male veteran who lives in Florida. College-educated but that didn’t used to be a negative. No Party Affiliation and I have already voted. I still love my country which is why I must resist…

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Art Class #30 (Philip Guston)

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Art Class #30 (Philip Guston)

“The war, what was happening to America, the brutality of the world. What kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines, going into frustrated fury about everything – and then going into my studio to adjust a red to a blue?”  Best known for his cartoonish paintings and drawings from the late 1960s onwards,…

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Ordinary Run

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Ordinary Run

By Bob Hodge With a purpose I started slowly. Late afternoon sun through the trees beginning to change color. I read my body heart rate, raising my arms – a bit of heaviness – as I climb a small rocky rooted path and make my way to the road. Main Street. My thoughts wander but…

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Wild Dog Quarantine Day 209

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Wild Dog Quarantine Day 209

That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere. – Ben Kingsley The Commissioner defeated a conservative Republican, who wasn’t right-wing enough. The defeated candidate remarked, “His name is Champion and he owns a gun store….

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Another Day In Tampa Bay

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Another Day In Tampa Bay

TODAY’S WEATHER: Scattered thunderstorms in afternoon. High 92, Low 77. I’ll be honest, I have trouble paying full price for a daily paper that comes only two days a week. So, they try to entice me back with a little morning taste of what I’m missing. The Day Starter. It’s not working. On night of deadline,…

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Some Thoughts About Runbiz

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Some Thoughts About Runbiz

We exchange emails about ’82 Houston and, as is his style, Bill Rodgers tosses in How’d you like Papa Diacks story? To which I replied, Diack’s situation proves you don’t have to be Usain Bolt to make millions in athletics. He thought that was funny – Ha! – then I found the following. Commentary from Track…

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A Primer For Old Age In The New Normal

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A Primer For Old Age In The New Normal

It’s [old age] not a surprise, we knew it was coming – make the most of it. So you may not be as fast on your feet, and the image in your mirror may be a little disappointing, but if you are still functioning and not in pain, gratitude should be the name of the…

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The Smoking Gun Of Nonsense

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The Smoking Gun Of Nonsense

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein When I saw the news Donald was sick, my first thought was, what’s new? I actually am friends with a retired ‘deep state’ scientist. Known the good doctor some fifty-five years. He is honest and smart and…

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A Conversation With Jeff Johnson, Original Gangster Of Running

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A Conversation With Jeff Johnson, Original Gangster Of Running

February 1995. Over twenty-five years have passed, so the statute of limitations has expired. Anyway, it’s in my book. Makes a wonderful gift for runners of all ages. Jeff Johnson, Nike’s long retired first employee, makes Phil Knight, the company’s notoriously shy and reclusive founder, look like a flashy extrovert. There would be no Nike…

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