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Read More: Alice CooperI won 3rd place in an international writing competition for this piece. – Updated June 26th, 2026 Alice Cooper It’s late October, 1973 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…
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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: Voula and the serverVoula and the server Back in the mid 2000’s I had an optometry office as a client. After a mutual disagreement, we decided to part ways. I gave them all of the admin credentials and necessary info via email, and gave it little more thought. Later that afternoon, I get a call from someone purporting…
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Read More: Sheer Abject Bullshithttps://www.ed.gov/about/news/speech/secretary-mcmahon-our-departments-final-mission This is about the least thinly veiled bullshit that I’ve ever heard. Secretary McMahon: Our Department’s Final Mission March 3, 2025 Secretary Linda McMahon When I took the oath of office as Secretary of Education, I accepted responsibility for overseeing the U.S. Department of Education and those who work here. But more importantly, I…
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Read More: We the people.When in the course of human events a tyrant imperils a nation, it is the duty of those who cherish democracy to remove him from power. We the People refuse to tolerate a despot who threatens our country and the world. –He has engaged in corrupt schemes to profit from his office, plunder the Treasury,…
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Read More: Andy.Andy. I met Andrew my sophomore year in High School. We were in the same chemistry class and he sat next to me. He asked me a question, expecting that me, the stoner, wouldn’t have a clue. When I gave him the right answer, citing the textbook, he asked me how I knew it. I…
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Read More: The Kalishes – An 80s FamilyThe Kalishes Back in early 1980, before I was a freshman, I babysat for a family called the Kalishes. They were an upwardly mobile, yuppie like family that lived in a high priced housing development called Dunsten Circle just South of 501 off Pfingsten Rd. Mr. Kalish would pick me up in his always new…
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Read More: LazyDogLazyDog I just had lunch at a restaurant called LazyDog. They are a upscale bar/restaurant with a few locations in upscale Chicagoland. The dining room has a seating capacity of 248 and there is an attached covered and climate controlled patio for dogs complete with a dog menu. I was waiting for a couple friends…
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Read More: SharpshooterSharpshooter Back in 1979, when I was about 13 years old, my father ran a pinball machine manufacturing facility in Addison, IL for a company called Game Plan Inc. It produced between three and four different machines at a time. That meant that there was always at least one section of the plant in flux…
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Read More: Schön the wunder puppySchön the wunder puppy Back in about 1991, my wife brought home a puppy. She didn’t discuss it with me first, she didn’t do any research, she didn’t put a lot of thought into it, she just brought home a puppy. A mixed breed mutt of unknown origins. It was a backyard bred mutt that…
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Read More: RogerRoger. Normal Illinois, about 1995, 1408 S. Main Street. One afternoon at the shop, I was in the back working when Robin came back to get me. She told me that there was an older gentleman up front asking for work. She had a look of pleading in her eyes. Robin was 10 years older…
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