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Getting Wound Up

Posted on May 1, 2023May 12, 2023 by Paul Woodford

I grew up around nasty bigots like Greg Abbott. They filled the pews of the Southern Baptist churches my mother dragged me to. They are the reason I’m an atheist today.

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Posted in Consumerism, Current Events, PersonalTagged GodSaveTheKing, MayDay, NastyBigots, WoundTight1 Comment on Getting Wound Up

The Persistence of (False) Memory (Updated)

Posted on April 28, 2023April 30, 2023 by Paul Woodford

I don’t know how you all feel about re-watching things on TV, but we do a lot of it.

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Posted in Books, Personal, Reviews, TVTagged #Memory, #ThePeripheral, #WilliamGibson3 Comments on The Persistence of (False) Memory (Updated)

SA In the Shiggy

Posted on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 by Paul Woodford

This morning I looked up shiggy in the Urban Dictionary. Turns out I was pretty close.

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Posted in Consumerism, Critters, Flying, Hash House Harriers, Local Color, Personal, Photoblogging, Products, Social Media, WordsTagged #BigSeikoLittleDick, MyLinguisticMission, SituationalAwareness, StrappingItOn1 Comment on SA In the Shiggy

Full Blast to … Crickets

Posted on April 22, 2023April 22, 2023 by Paul Woodford

The difference I speak of is the level of noise in our house, which has gone from Fast & Furious in Dolby Surround Sound to distant birds chirping in trees on the far side of an alpine meadow.

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Posted in Consumerism, Personal, ProductsTagged OverTheCounterHearingAids, ThankYouBrandon, Tinnitus1 Comment on Full Blast to … Crickets

Too Much Bang for the Buck

Posted on April 20, 2023May 7, 2023 by Paul Woodford

How many armed homeowners, hearing strange noises late at night, have wound up killing or maiming their own children and spouses? I bet more than a few.

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Memorabilia & Narrow Escapes

Posted on April 10, 2023May 12, 2023 by Paul Woodford

I can’t get all righteous over some rich asshole’s collection of Nazi memorabilia.

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Posted in Cooking, Critters, Current Events, Hash House Harriers, Local Color, Personal, Social MediaTagged CorruptionIsAsCorruptionDoes, CrimeAndNoPunishment, LotsOfLeftoverHam, PerilousPhotoOpsLeave a Comment on Memorabilia & Narrow Escapes

I Feel Pretty

Posted on April 4, 2023April 5, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Bernice, I said to my barber this morning, this shagginess cannot stand.

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Posted in PersonalTagged #coifoutofcontrol, #FuckTrump2 Comments on I Feel Pretty

A Touch of Red

Posted on April 1, 2023April 14, 2023 by Paul Woodford

Well, it was my mail-order bride now, to keep and to care for.

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