Category: My Friends
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The Yeti
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So, I have had this Sasquatch for a friend for right around forty-two years. We were part of a comedy group called Dr Unger and the Yeti or Tex Critter and Side-nudge (he doesn’t like to be kicked). Well, I guess we would have had to have an actual audience…
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Even Steven
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Many of you already know about my OCD and a couple have made comment about it. I wrote this story originally on 1/2/09. I am entering it here with a few minor corrections, but no major edits like I did with the story, Dave Gets What He Deserves. <><><><><> 1/2/09…
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Present, Gift Cards or Cash?
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As many of you may know, I am a fan of Miss Manners’ column and I read her column almost every day. I usually like how she answers people, gently where it needs it but snarky where snark is called for. Really, some situations in life ought to be self-explanatory…
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Dead Drunk
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I wrote the original piece in ’05 when the thing happened. I found the re-post I did in ’08. When I saw the title in the archives I re-read and recalled the whole sad, sickening thing. My question is still valid. Why isn’t alcohol a prescription drug? Why do I…
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Accountability
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A few years ago I started to try to challenge some of our young people to read the Bible through in a year with varying success. Some really took up the challenge and did it that first year. A couple of them had a false start that year but picked…
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What Do You Represent?
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Life is full of symbols and representations. My work uniform represents something. People see it and form ideas, right or wrong, about me based on what they have seen or been exposed to previously. I have always been conscious of this whenever I have had a job that had a…
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My Favorite Sunday School Student or The Tapestry of Life
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Special Thanks to Russ Foster for mentioning this title There are people who say that any use of the word proud is wrong. I guess because it is wrong to have a boastful, unsubstantial pride in your own abilities. “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every…
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Jeptha Berengar
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I’ve started following a sort of vlog thingy on Youtube by a person called Jeptha Berengar. Is it possible to be both esoteric and eclectic at the same time? Most are 1 or 2 minutes long, with the longest so far being around 5 minutes. Search Youtube for the name.…
