Tag: 1997
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Cranky Old Men – Thoughts from October 25 and November 1, 2022
October 25, 2022 I noticed coming into work today a cranky old man driving an old car who was mouthing angry words to an RV who was cutting him off. This was ironic when you consider most RVs are driven by cranky old men. I never saw the driver of the RV so I can’t…
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Restroom Man – Thoughts from October 2 and 15, 2022
October 2, 2022 I’m done stressing about my life. I’m going to be making fun of other people now. Who I’m going to be making fun of, I don’t know yet. It will be people who deserve it. I could make fun of the rich for being so focused on money they neglect everything else…
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September 12, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 9 (final thoughts?)
Unless you were out of the room when you read the title of this paper (which I do, myself, more times than I care to talk about), you gather that this is the last Thoughts from Life I will do (at least, in this format/environment). Being the end, I will use this first paragraph to…
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September 10, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 8
When I started this paper, I recorded over the last one. I usually have a copy in two different places, but, of course, the time I don’t, this happens. I am not saying I go around expecting bad things to happen. I don’t hate life before it kicks me in the rear. I like to…
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September 9, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 7
The American dream is a pretty simple concept. You get a job that affords you to buy a house and have a family. It’s a formula that has worked for millions of people. It worked for my parents and their parents and their grandparents (and I could go on … I’m serious … if you…
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September 2, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 5
Simple doesn’t exist in anything if you examine it long enough, but complex doesn’t have to exist with everything (Logic police alert! Drop the bad sentence and step away from the building!). If you take everything generally and don’t get caught up in too many specifics, life can be more than just bearable. It can…
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August 29, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 4
I’d have the world in the palm of my hand right now if it weren’t so wet. I don’t like wet hands. I never did. Many people have strange neurotic conditions and quirks. I don’t know why anyone would ever consider themselves normal or would want to be normal if it existed. My quirks made…
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August 25, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 3
Traveling down the road of life, I see a computer sitting on the side of the road. It’s shiny, new, and smells of megabytes. I pick it up and press one key. On the screen appears a single word. I stare at the word a moment and keep walking, leaving the computer on the side…
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August 22, 1997 – Thoughts from Life 2
First, let me make something perfectly clear (to steal a phrase from a man who stole the innocence out from under America). This is not a sequel to Thoughts from Life. It is merely a continuance of my thoughts as the title suggests (Okay, the title out-and-out states it). I’m not saying that all sequels…
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Introduction
Thoughts from Life was originally a series I wrote when I was working in an office with little to do. I’ve never been one to sit around and do nothing, so I worked on creative writing projects. It was 1997 and I believe I brought the writings in on a 3.5 inch floppy disk. If…
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