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I need to get better about the whole recycling the grocery bags thing. At one point I had like almost ten grocery bags filed with even more compressed groceries bags. They compressed well enough inside of their parent grocery bags but then I felt like some 70s Beverly Hills vagrant wandering into Super Target to recycle them, with the naive hope of getting 2 cents for each crumpled, crunchy bag. They fell on the floor in said Target and then I kicked them outta people’s way like a soccer buffoon. In short, everything’s terrible.

#socialproblems #allislost

I don’t mind her being on my work desk so long as she’s sleeping 😴

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Maggie and I trial the Leninade soda 🍻 with astonishing results.

Leninade Simple Soviet Style Soda

IF IT’S IN THE TOMB, YOU MUST EXHUME! For Russians in the former Soviet Union a trip to the Movieland Wax Museum wasn’t in the stars; not even in the Red Stars! In fact, that was just another one of those things ‘beyond the wall’ so a trip to the Lenin Mausoleum was about as good as it got. And what a trip that was; soldiers goose-stepping around the glass box and a wrinkled old lady with legs like tree trunks at the front of the line taking off peoples’ hats and putting them in their hands… ahh yes this was the grand tour! We all think the Lenin in the tomb was wax because even though they say the glass is “filled with special gases” (CO2 in the case of Leninade) let’s face it… Lenin never planned anything beyond five years. Clearly someone got ahold of some lacquer thinner and rubbed off the Best Before Date from that glass. And now this poor little man has lost his followers and even lies just down the street from a Baskin Robbins which doesn’t even have a line outside; and here is where the Marx Brothers came to the rescue by creating a Real Soda that was red and worth standing in line for… LENINADE! Many people who once escaped from the Soviet Union, upon tasting Leninade, have overwhelmingly remarked that it is “BETTER THAN EXPECTED”; and those who prefer vodka in their potables have been known mix it with Leninade and ice to make a COMMIE KAZE. But even if you’re a teetotaler you can get tired of Russky Chai and Drink As Lenin Drank!

#tcrvideos #soda

One of my biggest prayers in life is…

I’m trying here, god.

🙏 #lettherebehope

I’m glad I got to the point where, when stopped at an intersection full of cars, that I think blasting my car stereo is cool.

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This is pretty cool! My first with anything ever in the AA Grapevine…

They didn’t even change much other than the title. 😎 Pages 57-60 if you’re interested.

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Pan fried tilapia, pea sprouts, cheddar cheese, onion, and a zip of mayo. All on a grilled Kaiser roll.

#photos #goodeats

Audio (MP3): 20200818 - Having a party of one

Video (MP4): 20200818 - Having a party of one

Not long ago I was in the 7-Eleven in Geneva. There was maybe three other people waiting to pay. One of the guys was five-ish years younger than me and barely-stand-up drunk. He was having a party of one, talking to himself, and talking to the other people even if they were doing their best to: not encourage him. To ignore him. And wait out his staggering around non-sense. Like when you tough out a deep cleaning at the dentist.

7-Eleven had their ambient classic rock playing over the ceiling speakers and the drunk dude turned around and asked the guy in front of me, “Who sings this song? Damn, this is good. I can’t remember what they’re called.” The second guy is like, “I don’t know who sings it” in all out pretty much disgust with drunk dude.

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Me: Look, that church is having drive-thru confessions. We should go!

Maggie: No, I don’t have anything to confess. Plus, I feel like the priests started “confession” just to get all the gossip.

#maggie #confessional