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The Lord of the Rings

The Return of the King

I ate breakfast an hour ago and I’m hungry. Why don’t I weigh 5000 lbs? It helps that I won’t eat again until I finish writing. I could also make more coffee. Four mugs isn’t too much, right? Do other sensualists focus on coffee and chocolate like I do? I could be a happy hobbit […]

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Violence is the Last Refuge of the Incompetent

I’m still tired, maybe what I need is a caffeine IV drip. Maybe what I need is to make breakfast and drink coffee before I write. That’s an idea. I’m going to try it. Maybe I’ll think of something to write about as I eat and watch TV. I always watch TV when I eat. […]

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Hail to the King and the Mahatma

Sorry I didn’t write yesterday. I left the house yesterday, that will make things easier. For the first time I did what I consider my default Sunday plan, going to An Beal Bocht for their traditional Irish session. The easiest way to get there is walking but it’s a long walk, half an hour. I […]

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The Conscience of the King

Today is Martin Luther King Day. Why do we have holidays? It isn’t just so we can have three-day-weekend getaways, important as that is. We have holidays to remind us of things we need to never forget, the struggle for Independence, those that died in war, the things we are thankful for, the struggles of […]

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Take This With a Grain of Salt

I hate the circadian cycle I’m suck in. it’s 3:46 PM and I’m just now starting to write. I found myself awake at 2:30 last night for no good reason. I woke up at 6:30, went to the bathroom and back to bed. My alarm woke me at 8:30, I got out of bed, but […]