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Birds in the Bush
Do you see them? You don’t? Well, how about this? Think that the bush is mad at you and telling you to “… off.” Now you see them? I remember being greeted by theses beauties all over town … Continue reading
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Does Roger come from a factory that might have contained pine nuts?
Journal log entry – My wife made a comment the other night. “Your post was … a little crazy.” “Oh,” I said … and waited … anticipating more from her … but she didn’t say anything further. That was it. … Continue reading
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Two Ccs of Info, Stat.
Journal log entry – This is a relatively new website, at the ripe old age of about two months, of course my fear is that the age of a web page may be similar to dog years and misleading, so … Continue reading
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Slanted Definitions 3
Catastrophe – The punctuation alerting of a cat’s ownership of something Photograph – Fake diagram of a toe Pilot – A large batch of a certain type of baked good Clockwise – To know the difference between the little hand … Continue reading
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Car Troubles
There was a grey sky vanishing towards all the horizons as I walked out of the store, and crossed the parking lot, headed for my car on that dry but winter day. I had to remember what the car … Continue reading
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Tagged aspiring author, author, author's blog, Humor, laughs, life, literature, odd, Roger McManus, slanted, story, that's life, writer, writing
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Romania and Beyond
Journal log entry – The other night, and I thought it was the coolest thing, I opened my stats report for the blog, and it gave me a little map of the world, highlighting where visits to my site had originated. I … Continue reading
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No Osteoporosis Here
A skeleton stood with its organs, innards, and folds of skin and hair fallen to its feet like an oversized set of trousers. Its bare jawbones chomped, “Well … at least I know those calcium supplements worked.” Roger McManus
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Slanted Definitions 2
Dated – A condition where purplish fruit grows out from under your skin, commonly misdiagnosed as Figured. Gruesome – Taller Payment – A form of mortar used to fix houses that have become money pits. Pillow – Suppository Optical – The … Continue reading
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Moo-shka
The file on the great Chicago fire of 1871 was declassified, to startled foreign relations. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, who had started the fire, was KGB. An affidavit from Mrs. O’Leary claimed that she could never produce a good American … Continue reading
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Absent
The witches who had survived the Salem trials felt like celebrating, but it was quite evident that Bob the wizard had been out of the country during the whole ordeal when he suggested for the celebration a picnic barbecue. … Continue reading
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