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Mostly, it’s just safer not to tango….
Ffolkes, And then, I woke up….. The birds were not chirping, the sun wasn’t awake yet, and I am, thanks to the tender ministrations of that asshole deluxe, Murphy, shall we say, less than the...
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Inundated in whole wheat toast points…..
Ffolkes, Far be it from me to complain, but…. there’s a fly in my soup, metaphorically speaking. This, in the normal course of events, would be cause for celebration, not complaint, as it isn’t often...
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Striving for retail dominance in a wholesale world….
Ffolkes, Shhh!…. Quiet! Don’t make a sound….. I’m writing this in stealth mode, so please, don’t, whatever you do, read this aloud. I’m trying to avoid letting Murphy know I’m up…. When I booted up...
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Calls to adjourn are always in order….
Ffolkes, For the first time in a coon’s age, I slept like a baby last night. That isn’t to say I woke up every few hours to eat, or get my drawers freshened, or to play, as my own son liked to do at 3...
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I’ve never seen a poltergeist retch before…..
Ffolkes, Having thus far lived, in many respects, a relatively uneventful life, it was a bit of a surprise to find myself, upon first arising today, gazing at a large, green, rather handsome alien, all...
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Alternate utopian states for sale or trade….
Ffolkes, “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” — Benjamin Franklin Far be it from me to generalize, but, boy, those Floridians sure are stupid assholes…. Not only have they acted out one...
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“Mea culpa” he said, in a dismal voice, “Mea culpa maxima….”
Ffolkes, I’d like to begin this morning with an apology, of sorts. In the last few weeks, even before going to Alaska, my time spent reading the blogs I like to read and follow has been severely...
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Brains for breakfast….
Ffolkes, I been yuckified! Well, not really, but, it was all I could come up with on short notice…. In any case, it gave me a chance to use the word, ‘yuckified’, a word of my own creation, (I think...
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A maelstrom of multitasking clerics….
Ffolkes, I seem to have come up against some sort of wall with my writing in the last few weeks. I’m finding it harder each morning to get myself out of bed to begin, although the sheer habit of...
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Hip-deep in tuning forks….
Ffolkes, Almost very morning, for the last two or so years, I have arisen from my bed relatively early in the day, anywhere from 4 AM to 6 or 7 AM, and set myself to write. Every time I do, without...
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Save those last few multicolored polynomials….
Ffolkes, Reeling from an overabundance of hyper-oxygenated brain cells, I awoke, in severe confusion. Since quitting the consumption of nicotine via the avenue of cigarette smoking, (I’m wearing the...
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Democracy has become a joke in poor taste…..
Ffolkes, Bah, humbug! None of it makes any sense, and it certainly isn’t designed for comfort; hence, crankiness rules now apply…. No insults are too cheap, no bad names too vile for us to use, with...
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Apocryphal messages from Betelgeuse, in Swedish slang, ….
Ffolkes, Today’s Pearl promises to be a marvel of human endeavor, if only I can get it done, a tribute to the perseverance of the human spirit. Of course, that probably sounds somewhat presumptuous, if...
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Look! A classic herringbone felafel!….
Ffolkes, Sylvie passed the salt over by request, as the volatile symbiotic herb garden shouted out its monthly litany of complaints. The living room furniture chimed in with their own manifesto, which...
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Such sang froid should be rewarded….
Ffolkes, A fat moon blundered across the sky, hesitant and pale, as if afraid of the stars. The weak light revealed the face of my guide under the dark hood, throwing shadows like darts, adding to the...
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Forlorn remnants of an exemplary poltroon….
Ffolkes, Now that the crisis has passed in the Middle East, if only for the moment, the news seems to be singularly free of rantable material. Oh, there’s been another shooting, this time in a place...
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Since when do laxatives count?….
Ffolkes, At this point in the proceedings, it may be noted that I have heretofore previously stated my lack of appreciation for the aging process, at least as it applies to my own case. Most of the...
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Baldly factual assertions, drying in the wind….
Ffolkes, Yesterday’s outburst, one would think, would have been enough to soothe the urge to rant that comes over me at the reading of these reports on the idiocy prevalent among the elected glitterati...
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A special sale on Dear John letters…..
Ffolkes, In just a couple of weeks, I’ll be celebrating my 63rd birthday….. Perhaps ‘celebrating’ is not the right word; let’s say I’ll acknowledge it, and let it go at that…. In truth, though, I’m not...
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In politics, the cost of doing business is always integrity….
Ffolkes, As I watch, entranced, the cranes dance…. formal, elegant, feathers spread to show off color, they dance around, spinning and cavorting with glee, mirroring each other with intense...
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