Tag: Michelmoreorless
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Screw the tonic water
As Hemingway wrote, A man goes broke slowly, and then all at once. When you have to put groceries on a credit card, you know you have a problem. And when the credit cards max out and you are paying more in interest than you have money in the bank and you fall behind and the…
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Not this time, Joe, we’re on to you!
Covid restrictions round two Young people killed themselves from loneliness and isolation. The lockdowns, and the restrictions on public gatherings such as concerts and sporting events made lives not worth living. In addition to the people who succeeded in taking their own lives, there was a 30 percent spike in suicide attempts. We were prisoners in…
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Goodnight…
…from the Institution. My day pass expired several hours ago and I am back under lock and key. I have consumed a goodly belt of the Jack Daniels I keep hidden under the bed and I will now sleep the sleep of the ever hopeful god seeker. I miss you, honey. 🔝
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Better Call Don
)Rated X for the truth! ‘Trump is the man who can save the world.’ Viktor Orbán, PM of Hungary, a NATO Member, on what he would do if he was in charge: “Peace immediately. Call back Trump.” “Trump is the man who can save the Western world and probably all human beings on the globe.”…
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One by one they go
When old friends die. I sure miss Baxter. He was an old curmudgeon like me, but a huge cut above me in that he was a retired English professor and a published poet as opposed to me being a retired bum with a transient string of forgettable newspaper stories to my name. Like me he…
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How to stop being poor
Requirements: Computer skills, willingness to take risks. “I’ve been poor my whole life. So were my parents, their parents before them. It’s like a disease passing from generation to generation.” — Chris Pine as Toby Howard in ‘Hell or High Water.’ “The only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the final sin is stupidity.” —…
Mary Saves the Day 