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All quiet on the western omelet….
Ffolkes, I am never sure how one of these Pearls will turn out, due to several factors, the most telling of which is my refusal to plan them out from one day to the next; I’ve always insisted on using...
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Put down the matches, sir, & step away from the dead clown….
Ffolkes, Okay, now my feelings are REALLY hurt….. Well, not actually, but…. for the first time since I began this blog, which began in it’s current location on WordPress in August of 2011, as I sit...
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Analyzing inventory on hand to find the shortest shrift….
Ffolkes, As a practicing curmudgeon, I am required by law to ascertain daily how often I hear the term “grumpy old fart” as applied to myself; something to do with national demographics, I understand,...
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Dreaming in Calliope’s house….
Ffolkes, In the near distance, sharp echoes of gunfire erupted, shattering the peaceful quiet covering the wide, debris-littered street, reluctantly revealed in the dim light of the struggling morning...
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We’re inspecting hot beef sandwiches…
Ffolkes, Howdy… Come on in, & look closely at this paragraph…. Please note the obligatory placement, here at the front of this article, where one expects to find it, in all its introductory glory....
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Perhaps not, but his spatula was meticulous….
Ffolkes, Pain has an element of blank; It cannot recollect When it began, or if there were A day when it was not. It has no future but itself, Its infinite realms contain Its past, enlightened to...
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They want that oil FULLY hydrogenated….
Ffolkes, Thanks to the Word Press bot monkeys, who blithely collect and display all of our site stats, posting them where we can see them, if we are brave enough, I know that there were a total of four...
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As with excellence, stupidity is its own reward….
Ffolkes, Regardless of how it may seem at times, no matter what it says on that commitment paper, I am NOT insane….. I also insist on making it clear that no matter WHAT the doctors may believe, it...
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Sifting through arbitrarily discarded feathers……
Ffolkes, While attending the unveiling of the newest polynomial bathysphere, I noticed a very fine example of meritoriously painted perfluffle, which I took as an indication of the ever-expanding...
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Drowning democracy in an ocean of cash….
Ffolkes, So, there I was, in my bed, sleeping away, and what happens?…. Oh, wait, I can’t use that; I forgot I promised not to do that sort of stuff anymore, after it caused such a hullabaloo last...
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Lonely, the severed head spoke from where it dwells, atop the garden gate….
Ffolkes, Forlorn, empty of all hope, Barnabas Pettigrew trudged along the dusty highway, cursing every step with every breath, vowing to never again….. what? Blank, echoing vastness is all I see now,...
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Not the whole egg!! Just use the yolk….
Ffolkes, This one’s going to be a tough one, ffolkes, I can tell already….. I got beau coups sleep, and am up a little late, but, not too bad; that isn’t the issue. The issue, damn it, is my brain,...
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Complex & time-consuming? Try making felafel for the masses!….
Ffolkes, “From the depths of Hell I will follow thee; to the heights of Heaven, and back, I will hate thee.” Weird, huh? Often, in these early morning sessions with the computer, phrases will come to...
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Safely beyond the reach of the corporate myrmidons….
Ffolkes, Yesterday is a wash; one of those days that I’d just as soon forget, in spite of the rather nice finish it had….. Pain turned most of the day into a misery, a state of affairs that prompts me...
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Distracted by a classic diversion…. cinnamon-glazed potato cakes….
Ffolkes, Soft, puffy, pristine white clouds scudded lazily across the morning sky, looking like nothing so much as huge balls of cotton, tumbling through the blue vastness, dazzling in the bright sun....
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Bastardized versions of authentic matzo balls….
Ffolkes, It made for a long day, but, it’s over, and going back there is counterproductive, so we’ll kiss yesterday’s pain and misery goodbye, and take what today has to offer, such as it is…. And good...
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“One, two, three, what are we fighting for?….”
Ffolkes, Today’s title has no connection to the Pearl for today; it is in quotation marks because it is a lyric from a song, by Country Joe McDonald, called the “Fixin’ to Die Rag”…. Some of y’all may...
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These weren’t buffed OR polished!…..
Ffolkes, It was a beautiful morning…. The bright, friendly sun was shining brightly out of a deep blue sky, dotted here and there with a few puffy cotton ball clouds. From where I lay in the hills...
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Ulysses wasn’t all that brave….
Ffolkes, Okay, now we’re all in for it….. I tried, several times, and even sent out for the latest version of the necessary software, but, I couldn’t adjust reality to suit the needs of the few, and...
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Found while sifting through debris….
Ffolkes, Seemingly, my ego knows no bounds…. or, I’m becoming too much a blogger, having lost track of what is important in the search for material about which to write EVERY DAY…. I also figured out...
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