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I’m just a 40-something bearded guy trying to get a fresh start.
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When Santa visits his paisons, with Dominick he’ll be. Because the reindeer cannot climb the hills of Italy.

Shawshank, December 16, 2024

Again I was up before the alarm. Way before. It started at 2:20am. Then the next time I was up was 3:15. Then 3:45. Then 4am. Then finally 4:26. That’s when I just got up and shut the alarm off before it even had a chance to turn on. I did my usual early morning…

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Simply having a wonderful Christmastime

Shawshank, December 15, 2024

Got started a little later than normal. I was a slug and didn’t want to get out of bed due to the warmth it was providing to us. But soon or later I’d have to emerge from my cocoon. So I figured it was time, and my body lurched to life. It’s Sunday, and Crystal…

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These things eat at your bones and drive your young mind crazy

Shawshank, December 14, 2024

It’s finally my weekend! Worked and drove over semi-questionable roads to SlightlyBiggerTown and have returned full of Subway, and ready to play Persona 5 Royal. Then I remembered that I had to preach to the masses first. So here I am. I woke up this morning around 5 this morning, and didn’t want to get…

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Oh, the weather outside is frightful

Shawshank, December 13, 2024

Thank god it’s Friyay. It’s a blustery cold day out there. I survived work and am back home, with Chaucer in between us. I’m tired, man. I was up early this morning, but managed to go back to sleep for about a half hour before the alarm went off. I got up and stumbled to…

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Dancin’ and prancin’ in Jingle Bell Square in the frosty air

Shawshank, December 12, 2024

Yep it’s cold. Very cold. But that doesn’t matter anymore, because I’m at home with a happy Chaucer on my lap. Lemme tell you, it was hard getting up this morning. I woke up at 4:22, missing my sleep mask. So I figured I might as well get up and start the day. I got…

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Próspero año y felicidad (Ah-ha)

Shawshank, December 11, 2024

Good chilly morning from north of the wall. Yep, it’s that time again. The Flat is awake. Chaucer is on my lap, Pippin is in the window, and the Beautiful One is next to me on the couch, of course looking beautiful. Work was, well, work. People came in and had the most perfect timing…

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On This Day

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  • 4 years ago...
    • Blame it on Ice Cube, because he said it gets funky
  • 5 years ago...
    • Just as long I’m here in your arms I could be in no better place

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