Okay, I don’t know who all is responsible for the flowers that just showed up here, but, sincerely, thank you. You made me cry. In a very happy way. I love you guys.
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A Bit of Happy, Weird News
Posted on June 16, 2010 by Aunt B.
I’ve been getting the map ready for the second collection of ghost stories, so I had to click over to the map of the first one to refresh my memory on what I’d done. And, people, according to Google, that map has had 37,414 views. Dang! It’s a private map, so you have to have [...]
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The Funniest Thing You Will Read in Tennessee Gubernatorial Politics Today
Posted on June 16, 2010 by Aunt B.
So, the state’s Angriest Gubernatorial Candidate went to talk to the executives at Eastman Chemical Co. In most places, executives at big corporations and the GOP go hand in hand. But after meeting with Wamp, Eastman CEO Jim Rogers says, “I’m guessing he’s never had a cup of decaf in his life.” Don’t get me [...]
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The Monsters Receive Their Briefing on Millennium Park
Posted on June 16, 2010 by Aunt B.
Damn, I really like this poem, too. Nice poetic truth about Frankenstein, I think. I love beautiful words about ordinary things. Those are my favorite poems. Playful and beautiful about things I know about. Ha. That last sentence may, indeed, mark me as a true Midwesterner.
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Bad Childhoods
Posted on June 16, 2010 by Aunt B.
The thing I find most frustrating is that bad childhoods are a dime a dozen. Everyone’s got stories and most of them are much worse than mine. But then, at least from the outside, most people seem to get to leave that shit in the past. Like, yes, things really sucked back then, but then [...]
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