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It's been a while.

Today's ruling is "a return to our fundamental values. That return marks a high-water point. It shows that we can't be scared out of who we are."

Commander Charles Swift

Summer Sleaze and a bit of Cheese

1. Father Figure - George Michael
2. Going Down/Love in an Elevator - Aerosmith
3. Bad Babysitter - Princess Superstar
4. Shake Your Dix - Peaches
5. Oral Contraception - Woody Allen
6. This Is Hardcore - Pulp
7. When Doves Cry - Prince & the REvolution
8. Hey Girl - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
9. Rump Shaker...
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"I have to say - I am very saddened and I hope you are OK. I will always love you. -b."

I sent this message tonight to convey concisely what I feel. I think I did a fine job. I truly am saddened.

Good to be back. I hope all those I have met are well.

Brian

(fun smile in respect of my happy happy,...
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I'm going to Disneyworld and the rest of Orlando tomorrow morning (or, I guess, in a few hours) for the first family vacation in many, many years. I've decided to bring a Dante reader and Anna Karenina, along with Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet to reread and make notes (you know, during breaks). I truly hope I will read one of the two that...
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A Tight Stanza and the rest


She is the fire in firewood,
The footprint of a party
Stumbling through the snow.
Shes wet sand, the sun abaft the clouds
and a wick; an unstruck match
that smells of smoke.

WELL, the weekend has certainly let the wind out. I awoke Saturday full of vinegar, prepared to finish the week and get on with the rest. A breakfast of sausages and a pot of coffee, three cigarettes and a shower and I was out the door to wander a bit before work.

Although there is a lake just out my window with winding paths and...
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