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Test

This is a test. I thought it best to speak privately. While the rest of humankind seethes at the breast of Chaos, suckling hot blood from its chest, let our shared words somehow attest to what is possible! Let zest … Continue reading

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Big Fish

What makes up a community, if not those common threads that make us not such strangers and more interested, instead, in how the other sees the world, what makes a good friend tick. To share the things that shape your … Continue reading

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It’s Only Dancing

I don’t even know your name; it’s not important you know mine. But since you’re sitting there alone, I’d like a minute of your time. It may seem forward, I’ll admit; I’ll understand if you refuse. But you look like … Continue reading

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Let the Other Fellow Be

I don’t talk politics down at the honky-tonk; doesn’t seem to make much sense to me: stirring up a hornet’s nest with some of ol’ Milwaukee’s best and finding out just where we disagree. We both want the same things, … Continue reading

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Party Crowd

The dance floor is swimming with fine looking women and boys on the move or the make The music is pumping, and this place is jumping it’s turned into quite a clambake The whiskey’s been flowing, with no signs of … Continue reading

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Kris Kristofferson

Light up another cigarette, crack open one more beer Let’s drink to those who lived and ended up with a career Who suffered the indignity of having their gold panned Who didn’t end up dying quite as young as they … Continue reading

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Redefining My Peer Group

When you think about it, what does a jury of one’s peers really mean? Legally, I suppose it means that because all individuals are theoretically equal under the law, one’s peers in a litigious sense means other equally theoretical equals. … Continue reading

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