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There’s just so much about this that I love. Loved the show. His part. This song. The city. For fuck’s sake. I miss Nola.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=K5dYyaQiwS 0

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There’s just so much about this that I love. Loved the show. His part. This song. The city. For fuck’s sake. I miss Nola.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=K5dYyaQiwS 0

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“I mean, if you go to prison, you’re definitely going to get a book out of it, right?”

~ David Sedaris

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“I mean, if you go to prison, you’re definitely going to get a book out of it, right?”

~ David Sedaris

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You know what word you don’t hear much anymore? Drifter. In the 1970s, there was always a drifter hanging around, stirring up trouble. There were drifters everywhere. Some were bad, some were good. But they were all just passing through.

You miss a good drifter.

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You know what word you don’t hear much anymore? Drifter. In the 1970s, there was always a drifter hanging around, stirring up trouble. There were drifters everywhere. Some were bad, some were good. But they were all just passing through.

You miss a good drifter.

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@CoachJZ “Hey guys. I heard a creepy noise. I’m going to go check it out.”

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@CoachJZ “Hey guys. I heard a creepy noise. I’m going to go check it out.”

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@CoachJZ Why would you say that out loud? That’s when the monster pops out.

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@CoachJZ Why would you say that out loud? That’s when the monster pops out.

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@ekknappenberger Oh, they’re just trying to keep up with Hasidics. Not much chance of abuse in a closed society.

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@ekknappenberger Oh, they’re just trying to keep up with Hasidics. Not much chance of abuse in a closed society.

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“Now there are some men over the age of 40 that don’t take Viagra, and they’re called celibate. But heck, I’ve taken Viagra, you know, just for the high blood pressure. And the articles. The articles are amazing.”

~ Jim Gaffigan, “Skinny”

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“Now there are some men over the age of 40 that don’t take Viagra, and they’re called celibate. But heck, I’ve taken Viagra, you know, just for the high blood pressure. And the articles. The articles are amazing.”

~ Jim Gaffigan, “Skinny”

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“It is crazy. For most of my adult life, I heard this constant internal monologue, ‘Jim, you’ve got to stop eating. Jim, you’ve got to control your impulses.’ And now I know all I needed was a weekly shot that killed all the passion inside of me. I’ve learned so much. I now understand thin people. You don’t forget to eat. You’re dead inside.”

~ Jim Gaffigan, “Skinny”

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“It is crazy. For most of my adult life, I heard this constant internal monologue, ‘Jim, you’ve got to stop eating. Jim, you’ve got to control your impulses.’ And now I know all I needed was a weekly shot that killed all the passion inside of me. I’ve learned so much. I now understand thin people. You don’t forget to eat. You’re dead inside.”

~ Jim Gaffigan, “Skinny”

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This is the sort of commentary I get now. I was writing about my time with the Mennonites. It’s hard to know where to begin, so I don’t bother at all.

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This is the sort of commentary I get now. I was writing about my time with the Mennonites. It’s hard to know where to begin, so I don’t bother at all.

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Ryan Dines
33 minutes ago
You don't understand God because the Protestant
theology is all screwed up. Obviously a just God couldn't let
sinners into heaven, but there's a middle ground called
purgatory for the faithful that didn't lead a good life.
Interesting too you chose a mistranslated verse to
represent Christianity. The meek shall inherit the Earth
could be better rendered as " those with a large sword that
keeps them sheathed shall inherit the earth."

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When I was eight, my family moved from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania, and from the time I entered the third grade, till the moment I graduated the eighth, I attended a rural Mennonite school, which was different from the other Christians I’d known in that they were pacifists. My family came from Protestant and Catholic Irish pioneer stock, so pacifism was not really a familiar concept. If we weren’t drinking, we were fighting, so pacifism didn’t come up a whole hell of a lot.

https://medium.com/ellemeno/the-childr en-of-pacifists-90f9e26d1288

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When I was eight, my family moved from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania, and from the time I entered the third grade, till the moment I graduated the eighth, I attended a rural Mennonite school, which was different from the other Christians I’d known in that they were pacifists. My family came from Protestant and Catholic Irish pioneer stock, so pacifism was not really a familiar concept. If we weren’t drinking, we were fighting, so pacifism didn’t come up a whole hell of a lot.

https://medium.com/ellemeno/the-childr en-of-pacifists-90f9e26d1288

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NOVEMBER 2024
Imno
BY DAVID TODD MCCARTY
The Children
Of Pacifists
Lessons learned from my time with
the Anabaptists of Southeastern
Pennsylvania.
Imno
Medium.com/Ellemeno

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The meek shall inherit the earth, for the Bible tells us so. I have long maintained my doubts about the veracity of such claims. Maybe they shall indeed, but while the meek are waiting for the current administration to vacate, they’re not exactly, what I’d call — killing it.

#Memoir #Writing #Medium #Religion https://medium.com/ellemeno/the-childr en-of-pacifists-90f9e26d1288

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The meek shall inherit the earth, for the Bible tells us so. I have long maintained my doubts about the veracity of such claims. Maybe they shall indeed, but while the meek are waiting for the current administration to vacate, they’re not exactly, what I’d call — killing it.

#Memoir #Writing #Medium #Religion https://medium.com/ellemeno/the-childr en-of-pacifists-90f9e26d1288

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@seth It does sound good. Where’s the party?

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@seth It does sound good. Where’s the party?

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@bhawthorne https://medium.com/ellemeno/bear-with-me-i-want-to-tell-you-something-cd17e9646847?sk=17f773783ef21b23677c701e57adc02e

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@bhawthorne https://medium.com/ellemeno/bear-with-me-i-want-to-tell-you-something-cd17e9646847?sk=17f773783ef21b23677c701e57adc02e

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@bhawthorne Reminds me of Paul Hostovsky, who wrote “Coconut.”

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@bhawthorne Reminds me of Paul Hostovsky, who wrote “Coconut.”

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I can’t recommend this book highly enough. This Billy Collins is my kind of poet. Good gift.

https://www. amazon.com/Water-Poems-Billy-C ollins-ebook/dp/B0CVZJP211/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AZRFNPUQEK0F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nOXXnweLRJrPlZOkpSqS2xHQpGsMmvoD472yR01mFo5TXtO2FAf0GYKv6m8X7VwmgcRUyc5mICdzLe-oogl_5R7Pn8YElcAhOEM6kuQr2FUYaOLKZvz8QL7k7vWgATV91A4iIQZI1tfeIcQwuuvDKVeh6UMukpobllnSSbqmlQaBUbjUF54oNHVS-GLVnJdWM6gcZF7CSl41jBUOYqNjCPHKIVhXoZbF-R_Jmdt0eEkBH5aEyQs42t_rozjaTOFmif4Fc92ugDIjJ8faag2i3qH5cCVn_8JbeyVhKLy6yuk.TTU9IsTVtUoUGIJWomPyZ2Q_ZkrKLLhrhElY6S9dL4Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=billy+collins&qid=1732372943&sprefix=Billy+coll%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

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I can’t recommend this book highly enough. This Billy Collins is my kind of poet. Good gift.

https://www. amazon.com/Water-Poems-Billy-C ollins-ebook/dp/B0CVZJP211/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3AZRFNPUQEK0F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.nOXXnweLRJrPlZOkpSqS2xHQpGsMmvoD472yR01mFo5TXtO2FAf0GYKv6m8X7VwmgcRUyc5mICdzLe-oogl_5R7Pn8YElcAhOEM6kuQr2FUYaOLKZvz8QL7k7vWgATV91A4iIQZI1tfeIcQwuuvDKVeh6UMukpobllnSSbqmlQaBUbjUF54oNHVS-GLVnJdWM6gcZF7CSl41jBUOYqNjCPHKIVhXoZbF-R_Jmdt0eEkBH5aEyQs42t_rozjaTOFmif4Fc92ugDIjJ8faag2i3qH5cCVn_8JbeyVhKLy6yuk.TTU9IsTVtUoUGIJWomPyZ2Q_ZkrKLLhrhElY6S9dL4Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=billy+collins&qid=1732372943&sprefix=Billy+coll%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-1

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9:43 AM
WATER, WATER: POEMS
before the fire trucks arrived
and men in helmets were rushing past me.
Fire
I'm having a swell time reading Lonesome Dove,
glad I still have 400 pages to go,
but this paperback is one
of a thousand things around me
I would not grab as I dashed into the street
if the house ever decided to burst into flames.
I probably couldn't find the cat
for all the smoke filling every room,
so let me see, give me a minute...
I should have thought of this earlier
But here I am out on the lawn in a bathrobe
with a few sleepy neighbors,
red lights flashing all over us.
I'm holding a photograph to my chest
and the cat is sitting next to me,
apparently mesmerized by the flames.
I'm happy with my choice
as I look down at you and me in a frame.
Here's a chance for a fresh start, I figure.
And as for the ashes of Lonesome Dove,
I can always get another copy, or maybe
that's just where I was meant to stop reading.

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“What if this is as good as it gets?”

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“What if this is as good as it gets?”

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I’ve always gotten a certain amount of comfort from this song. I hope it’s still true.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=1tdj1-GpwJ c

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I’ve always gotten a certain amount of comfort from this song. I hope it’s still true.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=1tdj1-GpwJ c

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This was a painfully touching movie I remember fondly, probably somewhat because I was young and so were all of they.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ztq4icMG U

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This was a painfully touching movie I remember fondly, probably somewhat because I was young and so were all of they.

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=V5Ztq4icMG U

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@Legit_Spaghetti @jchaven My all-time favorite alt Christmas song. I love all the classics, because I quite like the songs. I think about this song all the time.

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@Legit_Spaghetti @jchaven My all-time favorite alt Christmas song. I love all the classics, because I quite like the songs. I think about this song all the time.