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Surrounded By Cashmere

Posted on October 16, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

“We’ll leave you some little Vienna sausages to stick the capsules in,” they had told me. The grey of the autumn morning … early morning sky … lingered over the muffled yellows and oranges of the near-Vermont foliage. I was … Continue reading →

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“Oh That Book”

Posted on October 16, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

The sports enthusiast thought that “The Catcher in the Rye” was a book about an alcoholic ballplayer. The construction worker thought “The Lord of the Flies” was a biography on the man who started Porta-Johns. Roger McManus

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Sing

Posted on October 13, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   Saint Augustine said that singing praise to the Lord is like praying twice. Note from God: Only if you can carry a tune. Roger McManus

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Doubly Noted

Posted on October 9, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   The famous cartoonist was honored by his hometown when they placed a plaque bearing his name on the newly constructed drawbridge.Roger McManus

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Accountant

Posted on October 4, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

Accountant – The canvas structure from which Saint Peter checks out souls trying to get into heaven on rainy days … as pronounced by someone from Boston. Roger McManus

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In the Headlights

Posted on September 27, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   It was a cold, windy night, sometime in December, sometime around midnight, and the snow had begun to come down hard. On the otherwise undisturbed, frozen-muddied shoulder of the road, a car was parked with its motor still running … Continue reading →

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Weather or Not

Posted on September 26, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   The E.R. doctor knew his nights were numbered as a part time weather man at the local television station when, with a man having been rushed into the hospital under cardiac arrest and the doctor ready with the defibrillator … Continue reading →

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Freelance

Posted on September 24, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   The freelance photographer was having a hard time making ends meet. Most people weren’t in the market for a photo of a lance, and those who showed an interest, on seeing the pictures, found him untrustworthy, not believing that … Continue reading →

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Not An Egg Over Easy

Posted on September 22, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

   My son likes to alternate between waffles and eggs for breakfast, or to be more precise … two waffles … or … an egg. Omelet? Yes, he enjoys it tremendously, but since I introduced him to the sunny-side-up egg … … Continue reading →

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The Key-spiracy

Posted on September 20, 2013 by rogermcmanus2013

I have a ring of keys, not unlike what many of you have I suppose. Some of the keys are very different while others are suspiciously similar … very suspiciously similar … almost too suspiciously similar … but let us … Continue reading →

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