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The Undeleted Years
A few weeks ago, I was searching for something in my dresser, and came across an old friend. Covered in dust, frayed cord held together with electrical tape, but what a sight to behold regardless. I hadn’t powered up my iPod Touch in nearly a decade. Just holding it in my hand again led to
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It better be a damn cold winter.
Hey, did you know if you see an ad for a “face cord” of wood, like this one… …and let the seller know you’d like to purchase “a cord of wood,” then what you are going to get is three face cords of wood, i.e., three cages full? If so, hats off to ya, ’cause
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Three chords and an empty whiskey bottle away from a country song.
If I were a country singer, I’d totally write a song called, “I Done Been Wronged.” You’ll recall Facebook notified me one week ago that my account had been suspended for violating their Community Standards on Cybersecurity. No other explanation provided. I knew it had to be bullshit, and I was right. Wednesday, I met
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Blues and Brews
Last Friday, when I tried logging onto Facebook, the following message popped up. Your Facebook account has been suspended. This is because your account, or activity on it, doesn’t follow our Community Standards on cybersecurity. In short order, I: a) panicked, and 2) filed an appeal. A permanent ban wouldn’t be the end of the world
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Brick Dust or Blue Bayberry?
Three years ago today, we left South Dakota, arriving in Wisconsin the next day. Happy anniversary to us! I’ve been methodically going through my blog for about two years now, fixing broken links (there are a lot since I’ve changed URLs multiple times), deleting media to free up space, correcting the occasional error, and even
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Slip sliding away.
Welp, another parental visit is in the books. This one passed in a flash. Probably because they arrived well after dark last Wednesday and were outta here this morning. Pretty short, given that their stays usually exceed a week. Geez, guys, was it something I said?! Actually, it was something their contractor said: “I’ll be
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