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Entries from September 2011

Dear Ralph: 25 November 1943

September 10th, 2011 · No Comments

All of us were given a shot in each arm yesterday and my right one is still sore as a boil.

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Holding My Breath

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments

CT tech says to hold my breath 30 seconds: “Most people can’t.” I make it 62 to prove all those swimming years good for something.

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Tags: CNFtweet · health

#bookswithalettermissing

September 8th, 2011 · No Comments

T Kill a Mockingbird Synopsis: Caveman gumshoe is hot on the trail of a mohawked TV star suspected of committing avicide.

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Tags: books · Twitter

Dear Ralph: 4 November 1943

September 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Yes you noticed right, my rating finally came through and I’m now a carpenter’s mate third class.

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Diner Signage

September 6th, 2011 · No Comments

8/1/11. Faded sign beside the greasy spoon: 50 Years of Quality Food and Service. On the door, a sticker: Serving You Since 1938.

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Tags: CNFtweet · food · signs

Postcard: New Telephone Building, Cincinnati

September 5th, 2011 · No Comments

Card is titled: “New Telephone Building from Kentucky Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.”

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Tags: postcards

Fred FM playlist: 4 September 2011 “Fire and Rain I”

September 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Approximate playing time: 50 minutes.

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Tags: books · Fred FM · music

Dear Ralph: 11 October 1943

September 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

First I’d like to mention that if you don’t stop writing so small I’ll be forced to stretch over 7000 miles and kick you in the slats.

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Arthur Schopenhauer says…

September 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

We love to buy books, because we believe we’re buying the time to read them. – Attributed to Arthur Schopenhauer by Warren Zevon

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Tags: books · ideas

Greetings from 17-E

September 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Here is a short piece of mine that was recently published at Postcard Shorts (“As much as you could more or less fit on a postcard,” according to the online journal’s submissions guidelines.).

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Tags: writing