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Read More: Alice CooperI just won 3rd place in an international writing competition for this piece. Alice Cooper It’s late October, 1974 at about 1:30 in the morning, and Alice Cooper is winding up a set on the Midnight Special. Wolfman Jack is singing their praises and the studio audience is going wild with adoration. There’s my…
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Read More: The RideUpdate: Today, 40 years ago, I woke up in Normal, IL in time to have my first beer and settle down in front of the TV to watch the Challenger launch. I was half way through that beer and 70 seconds into the launch when all Hell broke loose and things were forever changed. January…
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Read More: Trump Falls Into Coma During Screening of Melania’s MovieWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Disaster struck at the White House on Tuesday night when Donald J. Trump fell into what appeared to be an irreversible coma during a screening of the upcoming film “Melania.” Trump was unresponsive seven minutes into the screening despite the First Lady’s attempts to rouse him by repeatedly swatting his right hand.…
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Read More: David Bowie: HeroesA song worth listening to at least once. I, I will be kingAnd you, you will be queenThough nothing will drive them awayWe can beat them, just for one dayWe can be heroes just for one day And you, you can be meanAnd I, I’ll drink all the time‘Cause we’re lovers, and that is a…
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Read More: Nation’s Dogs Call for Noem to be FiredWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a scathing letter to Donald J. Trump, on Thursday the nation’s dogs demanded that Kristi Noem be fired as Secretary of Homeland Security. “We were incredulous that someone as incompetent as Kristi Noem was nominated in the first place,” the canines wrote. “We knew this wouldn’t end well.” “This is not…
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Read More: NancyBack in 1986 I lived in a cool little house on College Ave. in Normal, IL. It was split up into 2 upstairs apartments and 2 downstairs. I had one of the downstairs apartments. It had the benefit that over the winter I could ride the bike up the front steps and into the living…
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Read More: MG MaryBack in the late 80s, I had a customer named Mary. She drove a ’73 MG GT, silver. She kept it in good shape, and drove it all year round. She had graduated from ISU’s theater department and was working in a couple restaurants as a server to make ends meet. She brought the MG…
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Read More: How do I get her to love me again?How do I get her to love me again? After all I’ve done and said. After all she’s done and said. All of the hurt feelings and crushed spirits. All of the things that can’t be unsaid. How do you start over? Where does forgiveness fit in? There is so much of a foundation. A…
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Read More: Random Acts Of Kindness- Our readers’ tales of kindness will surprise you, warm your heart and make you smileOn Nov. 13, we marked the 27th year of “World Kindness Day,” a chance to pause, reflect and ask: How does kindness really change lives? We then invited you, our readers, to share acts of kindness that left a lasting impression, perhaps even reshaping the way you see the world. What you sent us was compelling,…
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Read More: Stare Down.My father and I were visiting Sanibel Island one weekend in about the Summer of ’75. My grandparents had a house up on stilts two stories and the house backed up to a freshwater lagoon that was fed by a nearby river. There were three steps leading down from the drive to the water’s edge.…
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Read More: DeannaI remember the first time I saw her. I was stunned. She had hair that flowed like a tigress’s mane. She had a classic hourglass figure that wouldn’t quit. She had deep brown eyes that you could get lost in. And a musical voice that I could listen to all day. I was smitten. Her…
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Read More: New TattooIn the early 60’s Studs Terkel canvassed Chicago and the suburbs interviewing people. He interviewed everyday people, people that worked for their livings. The end result was a 71 essay book that was published in 1967 called Division Street America. One of the interviewees, a cabbie, told Studs that “I want my death to be…
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