Mom and war

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“It wasn’t his fault. He was just a kid who didn’t know shit from Shinola.

“I should have enrolled him six months earlier but my husband’s illness took just about everything out of me, and I didn’t know much about schools to begin with. Read more…

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Steve Miller and Pollination

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Steve engages regular customers and newcomers alike, spreading possibilities from one to the other.

Cross-pollination is as essential to people as it is to certain classes of plants.

Angiosperms grow stronger because of the random mixing and matching of pollen. It’s nature’s way of fighting inbreeding and the aberrations that go with it. Bees, wasps, beetles, ants, butterflies and moths play an important role.

The sharing of opinions and ideas does the same thing for humans. That’s where my friend Steve Miller comes into the picture. Read more…

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Trump Takes Protester’s Coat

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A politician named Donald Trump has a protestor removed from a rally.

“…don’t give him his coat.”

“…don’t give him his coat.”

“…confiscate his coat.”

“…it’s about 10 degrees below zero outside.”fingerprint4-only-final-40px

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Patrol Boys

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A boy didn’t have to be exceptional in any way.

Academic skills didn’t matter a lick. He didn’t have to impress a coach. He could be much bigger or much smaller, noticeably shyer or more popular than the average eighth-grader. He could come to school with disastrous haircuts. He could eat onion sandwiches. If he wore glasses that was okay too. Read more…

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