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Great… WordPress changed the stats page… again…

yay

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Uh… people… we now have one post that has 44,001 comments… or maybe 44,002, since I answer every single comment I get on that post… and I answered the one that told me we have 44,001… so… uh… yeah…

If you are new around here and haven’t commented on our record-breaking post, you really should. You will become a part of history. You can find it right over there… on the right… in my sidebar… at the top… with … Continue reading

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Best spam comment of the week…

All it said was; “There will be no extended outcomes for you.” Unfortunately, I deleted it before seeing what they were trying to sell me. Viagra? Vitamins? Pills that make my junk bigger? Porn? Super-sized adult diapers? Bladder control medication? … Continue reading

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The two faces of WordPress… (or); Why is it that every kind of art has to end up being subjected to the whims of guys wearing expensive business suits, because isn’t that what broke the Beatles up???

I am still hoping… against hope… that I can somehow manage to turn my blogging hobby into a paying job, while also increasing the number of people who have access to my novels and children’s books, thereby increasing sales of … Continue reading

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Ol’ Man Liver… (or); Time to get my Weird Al on…

I have decided to lighten the mood around here by sharing a little thing me and the crack squirrels have been working on this morning… an amusing rewrite of the song; Ol’ Man River from the 1927 musical ‘Showboat’. ***(As … Continue reading

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Blogging is like the circle of life… where, if we move really fast, we can end up kicking ourselves in our own asses… (or); That last post really made me sound like a right proper enema nozzle…

Here’s the thing… let’s just get the thing out of the way right up front, shall we?… I am a man of many contradictions. I am self-centered with low self-esteem… I am full of myself and full of shit… I … Continue reading

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Should I quit WordPress???

Now before you panic, let me share my thoughts… My books are not selling as fast as I would like. I work part time. I spend a lot of time doing this blog. My wife is not thrilled about all … Continue reading

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Ermagerd, it turns out, isn’t a female character in a Wagner opera…

It is, as a matter of fact, one of those expressions that pops up and somehow worms its way into the public consciousness, being used often enough that there is some slight danger that the people at The Webster Dictionary … Continue reading

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My juices are really flowing… uh… no… not like that… why you gotta be so immature and make things all weird and stuff???

The crack squirrels that live in my head have shifted into overdrive… or they have been sneaking out in the middle of the night and hooking up with a crack dealer with a better quality product… whatever… Right now I … Continue reading

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The first rule of religious club is; we don’t talk about religious club… (or); seriously, why haven’t you all gotten together and put me in charge of this crazy planet yet?

I did it. I solved another of the world’s major problems. You’re welcome. Religion causes way too many problems. I have been talking it over… with the crack squirrels that live inside my head… and I have a simple solution. … Continue reading

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