Category: daily drivel
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cammo
When I went for an early-morning walk yesterday, I came around the corner of one street to be met by a happily barking spaniel who circled around me, jumping into the air. His owner emerged from a nearby garage calling, but the spaniel would not stop circling around me, barking. “He gets really excited when… Read.
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monster
Sean was not impressed by the coffee I make. “Mine is like rocket fuel!” he bragged. He makes his with a French press, spooning about an inch of ground coffee into it. I’m starting to feel like I’m the only person on earth who makes mild coffee. When I told him that the stuff I… Read.
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Tyranena
After everybody got up and got showered on Sunday, we all piled into the O-mobile to make the short trip to Lake Mills, where we visited the Tyranena brewery. Their tap room opens at noon and they encourage visitors to order take-out food from any of the local restaurants and bring it in to eat… Read.
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picked
After finding out that a locksmith charged Sean a butt-ton of money to open the door to his apartment, B was thinking that maybe we should get into that line of work. I was thinking it probably isn’t as lucrative a business as she thinks it is. I mean, there’s probably reasons like insurance and… Read.
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the big if
I buy our coffee and coffee filters at the Willy Street Co-Op, the kind of place that sells all-natural, certified organic everything, which means that the coffee is all fair trade and the coffee filters are made of unbleached, recycled paper products. I’m not sure I want to know how they clean up paper products… Read.
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finale
I didn’t like the way Daredevil ended, by the way. The crack team of Nelson & Murdock didn’t outsmart the Kingpin, he outsmarted them. (Why did they never call him Kingpin? That’s a GREAT supervillain name!) And the final battle between Daredevil and Fisk was lame. Fisk hits Daredevil. Daredevil hits Fisk. Fisk takes Daredevil… Read.
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loaned
I found my student loan paperwork today. I went to college back when you could get a college education for the price of a pretty average, new car, if that helps you figure out how long ago that was. The promissory notes show that I borrowed $250 to cover the balance of tuition for the… Read.
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slings and arrows
Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul from New York, is still running at the head of the pack of candidates seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency. His message from the time he announced his candidacy has been one of anger and hate, yet somehow a significant number of people have lapped it up.… Read.
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rollout
Woke up this morning, curled up into a warm ball and waited for the alarm to go bleep. Nothing. Waited a little longer, still nothing. My need to pee overwhelmed my desire to keep on waiting, so I got out of bed and, just to satisfy my curiosity, checked my clock. Quarter to five. After… Read.
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me and bobby mcgee
Me And Bobby McGee has got to be the earworm to end all earworms. Once it’s in my head, not only can’t I get it out of there, I can’t stop singing it out loud. Mostly I sing just the end part where Janis yells “Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah me me… Read.
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