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Summertime and the Living Ain’t Easy
Summer is slipping away with the Labor Day Weekend upon us, and not a moment too soon. Never thought that way until relatively recently. Always felt melancholy as the autumn equinox approached. Still do for the simple fact of decreased … Continue reading
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A Politically Correct Or Incorrect Tirade?
So, what’s there to bitch about today? Climate change? Naw, that’s fake news, even though a one-trillion-metric-ton iceberg has just broken off of Antarctica and is now floating around in the Southern Ocean. How did that happen, I wonder? Can … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, bitch, China, climate change, cooper, dry rot, enemies, fake news, falling satellite, garbage, global warming, Hell, iceberg, internet, leaflets, odds of getting struct by lightning, odds of winning, Paris Climate Accord, politically incorrect, Publishers' Clearinghouse, Publishers' Clearinghouse Sweepstakes, pulling out, satan, Senate, sexual connotation, slow leak, snowball, Southern Ocean, summers, tirade, tires, U.S., US
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Brain Exercises and Mental Health
To maintain satisfactory brain health and memory, psychologists suggest that the intellect needs to be exercised regularly, as it is necessary for the body to remain functional throughout one’s whole life. This is what’s professed in most every issue of … Continue reading
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Tagged AARP, Aleutian Island, bikinis, bologna, bra straps, brain, Cover Your Ears, deforestation, election, election year, exercise, fund raising, global warming, grammar school, Health, horse, intellect, Like a Rolling Stone, mass-mailing, Memory, notoriety, nuns, old farts, postage, savings, Sister Mary Elephant, teachers, tirade, U.S. Navy Seals, Uncle Leon, united states, vote
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A Crock of Malarkey
The Red Devil’s back and almost ready for that road trip. Cooper is looking good for being a twelve-year-old car, don’t you think? Converting that to dog years makes the auto eighty-four. Hope I look as good if lucky to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cleveland, cooper, crock, Delaware River, Democratic National Convention, election, global warming, google, haggling, hatred, heat wave, hydrated, July, malarkey, music, On the Road Again, philadelphia, Red Devil, Republican National Convention, road trip, rock star, social media, state inspection, united states, Wells Fargo Center, Willie Nelson
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Heat Wave!
Starting this week’s entry with small talk, let’s chat about the weather, shall we? The summer so far in the Philadelphia region has been brutal, worse than in the past two years with not an end in sight. No one … Continue reading
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Satan Now Wears an Asbestos Hat: An Ode to the Summer That Never Quit:
Having had a good time at ranting and rhyming during a prior entry, I thought it would be fun to do it again; but this time, using the theme of this blisteringly hot weather that has plagued us in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, asbestos, beer, global warming, heat index, Labor Day, melancholy, Ode, philadelphia, poet, poetic license, rant, rhyme, satan, smog, summer, Yogi Berra
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