Spitball Army

Today’s theme is ‘People Over 50 (and things we might associate with them).’ Can you relate?

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I just came back from a pre-rating test in radio. I think I did fairly good on it.

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Wednesday night’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann featured a special commentary by Olbermann on the current health care debate, informed by the experiences he has had surrounding his father’s recent illnesses.

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Snaps from the birthday party: Jack drinking whiskey; Jack standing on his head; Jack flipping off the camera; Jack wearing cake.

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In lieu of a 7th birthday party, we’ve arranged for Sister Augustine Mary to telephone you and play “Las Mañanitas” on her trumpet.

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“Fifty Years” from Blues Dream (2001), by Bill Frisell

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We dance to “Brown Sugar”: high, drunk, sweaty. Wow, you really feel the music, she says. I plant a sloppy kiss on her and pass out.

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Alone, he pantomimed “Dominique” full-bore, mimicking French words he didn’t know. Song over, he turned: his parents stood agape.

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She pronounced the phrase as “swav and de-boner,” as if the intent garbling of the words lent her hipster sophistication.

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