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Yeah, even the Devil knows that Heaven is a honky-tonk

Shawshank, August 5, 2026

It’s bright, sunny, and the birds are chirping and doing bird things, and the sausage, Podrick is doing Podrick’s things. He’s a bull in a china shop. He can’t help it. In his mind he’s a 10 pound cat. In reality he’s probably north of 25lbs. This a snuggly guy,…

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It’s beer cheese, bleu cheese, any cheese’ll make a curd can’t say we ain’t cultured, uh

Shawshank, August 4, 2026

I don’t even know really what day it is at this point. But what I do know, I just have a closing shift, and I’ll have a couple of days off. That’s gonna be pretty awesome. It’s sunny again outside, we’re still in the cooling phase, before it gets warm…

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On a train back to Boston and we’re jumping the gun

Shawshank, August 3, 2026

Another morning here. It’s definitely cooler this morning. I believe we have a two day or so break from the heat. Instead of the highs in the 80s/90s, today it’s a high of 67°. We’re already at 61°. I got up and fed the crows. I made the clocks sounds…

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She’s a rooting tootin’ pistol from the Lone Star state

Shawshank, August 2, 2026

Good morning my friends. The tiny kitten, Pippin, wanted to snuggle early this morning. She meowed and snuggled, but her meows woke the big boy. So she got paranoid and bolted. The right side of my face felt over-full. I got up and took two allergy pills, and crawled back…

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I pit stopped in here for one cold beer, and you tumbled into me

Shawshank, August 1, 2026

I’m awake. It took me a while to fall asleep. The Sleep Daddy ™️ that I started when we went to bed was terrible, so that’s actually been deleted off my playlist. I fast forwarded until I found one that I knew would knock me out. It still took a…

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On a train back to Boston and we’re jumpin’ the gun

Shawshank, July 31, 2026

Good Friyay morning everyone! We finally made it to the end of the week. I have one more shift, and then I get a day off, then 3 more shifts, and two days off. I’m looking forward to the two days off in the middle of next week. It’s a…

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