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Infected head

I am caving and taking my sick self to the doctor today. I woke up at 5 this morning with a searing pain in my right ear. The pressure was intense. My whole head feels heavy and droopy. I imagine there’s lots of gunk in there that needs to be flushed and drugged out. So I’ll not be going to work today. Which means that when I straggle in to work tomorrow (hopefully), I will…

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Vignettes

I. Journeys: One of the things I love about road trips is imagining, at every point along the trip, what life must be like for the people living there. We passed through several mid-sized cities, a couple of big cities, and countless little podunk nowheres on our way to Florida. I think about my time growing up in a tiny town and how we had to drive at least 30 minutes to go to the…

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You wouldn’t believe the things that are coming out of my nose

Back home. Well, one of my homes, anyway — the parental one — and it’s 9 a.m. and I am awake but achy and stiff and sore and all the contents of my head are pulsing in little rhythms dictated by their own organic whims. I woke up yesterday morning with a sore throat, which developed into a full-blown sinus infection during the 15-hour ride home. And I don’t know how many of you have…

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The clock’s ticking

I have about a blue million things I need to do before going to work today. Like clean the apartment. Shuttle the pherrets over to Phil’s. Clean out the car. Pack. Make a sweep through Rite Aid to make sure I’ve got all my travelin’ essentials. That sort of thing. The pre-trip duck alignment. But I’m excited. Sort of. Okay, not just yet. But I will be. Right now I just need to get my…

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Sick f—cks

I haven’t yet said anything of substance about two of the major news stories of the day because I’m too busy pondering how fucked up people can be and how it feels like trying to climb out of quicksand when you start to suss out the reasons why humans can be so utterly fucked up that they feel entitled to fuck up other people’s lives in the most unforgivable ways. You’ve got this sick fuck…

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Apologies, but I have to post more animal videos

On a day when the news is full of shocking violence and despicable sexual scandals, there’s really no reason for me to post animal videos. Except that I couldn’t possibly add anything to the myriad discussions on the web regarding the day’s events. And these videos are funny. So, just temper your daylong attachment to the gritty news with these videos of hilarious cat antics, just to remind you that not everything in the world…

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