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Thursday, April 24, 2008

A political question...

This one greeted me in my e mail this morning. I don't know if it was spam, or if I just got drunk in Europe and met someone in a bar who insists on keeping in touch, or maybe this one is actually from Denmark, S.C., where I didn't know they had running water, much less computers. Anywho, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Take that seltzer bottle and shove it...

It appears they have a phobia for everything. I looked mine up; it’s called coulrophobia -- fear of clowns. Speaking in public; going to class naked; stepping on snakes and spiders ain’t nothing compared to the willies I get from those big-shoed, red-nosed, homicidal maniacs. Call me a party pooper,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Holding on to nothing but the Wheel: Part Deux

One Saturday afternoon while my Beloved was working one of her rare Saturdays, not too long ago, I got into the mighty Super Jeep with no real idea of where I was going or what I was doing and just started driving. It was a pretty day, one of the first nice spring days we’ve had and gas was still at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 14, 2008

It's like this time, at band camp...

Once upon a time, in an adolescence that seems like yesterday and not 20 something years ago, I was not the swayve and dee-boner guitar picker you see beckoning the swooning and salivating groupies with a flick of the pick. Back then, my nose was too big, my face too small. I was pigeon chested, had... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Confessions of a latch key kid's best friend...

My buddy motions to me, a finger to his lips. Be quiet, even though no one is home. “What,” I hiss back, in all my ten-year-old impatience. “Look,” he whispers excitedly, pointing to his dad’s sock drawer. “What is it?” He slaps his forehead as though to say, “This kid is such a moron,” even though... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

I can honestly say I've never, ever done this...

I know I have written about my many shenanigans over the years, the various and sundry moments when I almost but not quite made the Darwin Awards. However, my Uncle told me a story the other night about a kid who seemed to hit the jackpot. You must remember that this was a kid who grew up probaby in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 4, 2008

Gunning for the Darwin Awards: Part Deaux

There’s an old saying, What are a redneck’s last words: “Hey ya’ll, wartch this!” I guess we start gunning for the Darwins early in life. Ever since I was a little kid, I have really enjoyed engaging in behaviors that normally get people killed, maimed, arrested, or deported. From playing with... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Oh, Captain; my Captain...

You’ve probably never heard of him, but at one time, I’d bet he wielded far more power in Washington than any politician ever dreamed of in his most meglomaniacal delusions. I’m talking, of course, about Captain Twenty. Captain Who, you say? I forget; the Captain was a metro D.C. phenomenon;... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Anniversary of my Springtime Surrealism

Back in another lifetime, before I opted for the complete and abject poverty and obscurity guaranteed by a career as a small town journalist/chitlin circuit musician, I once worked in government service. My last job doing that, which I got out of maybe 15 years ago, was in human resources. I was the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Time out for a Strat Family Classic!

So anyone who visits the Riffs Room regularly, even if they find me offensive rather than funny, has probably guessed that I have a pretty funny family. Both sides of the family had their prodigious helpings of funny bone, and I like to think I come from a long line of great yarn spinners,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Flotsam, jetsam, tangled threads and ADD moments. Stupid jokes and esoteric observations. An occasional deep thought, even though I try like hell to weed those out as often as possible. This is just a comfortable place to come get an occasional chuckle or two. And yeah, I left for awhile -- most of us do at one point or another -- and now I am back. I feel no obligation to explain; suffice it to say, "There's no place like home."

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