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Comic Relief
Three couples on a vacation cruise were aboard a luxury yacht and became inundated by an unexpected tidal wave, sinking their vessel deep into the ocean and onto its floor where each met a watery grave. They found themselves in … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, attacks, Beer Farts, Borough Market, british, comic relief, death, doomed, essay, eternity, gluttony, God, greed, hades, hardy, hatred, Hell, human nature, Imagine, jealousy, john lennon, london, London Bridge, Londoners, lust, Manchester, melee, old joke, Parliament, philadelphia, pride, religion, salvation, seven deadly sins, sloth, St. Peter, terrorism, terrorist, tidal wave, Vauxhall, Westminster Bridge, worship, Wrath
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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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The 2016 Addendum to a Twenty-year-old Tradition
Twenty years ago, I wrote a Memorial Day tribute on the Internet that brought me and the reader back to watching the six-o’clock news on TV during the Vietnam era. The daily war-count was delivered nightly as if we were … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, Afghani, america, belgium, Brussels, carnage, coalition forces, Columbus Day, Columbus Dsy, Congress, cynical, france, freedom, George Washington, government, Hanoi, hate, hater, hatred, human nature, Iraqi, ISIL, Japan, jihadists, justice, Labor Day, legacy, liberty, Lincoln, memorial day, Memorial Day Weekend, middle east, military, paris, president obama, servicemen, servicewomen, summer, Tran Dai Quang, TV, Uniform Monday Act, Veteran's Day, vietnam
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Look Beyond Hatred to See That Life is Beautiful
Sixx:A.M.’s song from the The Heroin Diaries entitled “Life is Beautiful” delves deeply into the dark side of despondency, yet the moving masterpiece offers an encouraging light, seen at the end of an emotionally long tunnel for many. “Just open … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, beautiful, cats, death, Delaware River, despondency, funeral, hatred, insecurity, life, Life is Beautiful, Obituary Bandwagon, ospreys, political, puppy dogs, rainbow, Sixx:A.M., smartphones, social media, Spring, Stray Cats, The Beast, The Feral Cats, The Heroin Diaries, vitriol, Yogi Bear
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Looking At Life Through Rose-colored Glasses; Or What Ever Happened To Generation Z?
A surefire way to quell any rational conversation on Social Media is to infuse one’s views or beliefs about politics and religion. Death is another. Who wants to read or talk about those topics? Especially with death; yet everyone loves … Continue reading
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Tagged '80s Punk, 26th Amendment, alphabetically, alternative rock, babble, belgium, Brussels, cats, cowardice, cuteness, death, distorted views, Earth, extremists, facebook, fanaticism, Generation X, Generation Y, Generation Z, happiness, hatred, hippy, ignorance, instagram, internet, Interwebs, lies, life, love, memes, Millennials, music, Patti Page, peace, People Who Died, politics, proverb, punk, puppy dogs, radical, rational, religion, rock-and-roll, rose-colored glasses, selfies, slack, Snapchat, social media, spin doctors, success, The Jim Carroll Band, tweets, twitter, Un-American, US Constitution
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Rest in Turmoil, Cyberbabble, Trite Trumpery and Social Media
Well, so much for keeping my Lenten resolution about not complaining; my weekly contribution to the blogosphere is due, and my muse must have skipped town for a while. Bellyaching, which is something I tend to do regularly, having inherited … Continue reading
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Tagged bellyaching, bitterness, blogosphere, bots, Cyberbabble, dead, diatribe, drivel, enlightened, facebook, father, frustration, gurus, hatred, Humor, idiosyncrasies, inherited trait, jealousy, lame, Lenten resolution, life coaches, memes, obituaries, quotes, R.I.P., satire, self-promotion, selfies, social media, tirade, today's tirade, top-ten lists, trite, trite trumpery, trumpery, twitter
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Doth Thou Think I Protest Too Much: Delving Deeply into Poetry
Shirley Anne’s introduction of Dr. John Cooper Clarke on a previous rant inspired me to dabble with a little bit of poetry as well. Based on a few tweets made on Twitter earlier today, the following is my first literary … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, bitter, dental floss, Dr. John Cooper Clarke, Frank Zappa, friend, full moon, gloom, hatred, loneliness, maine, paris, Poetry
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