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sherrie-theriault's picture
Jun.19.2013
June 19     Tea Totaler     My alcoholism was anonymous even while I was active.  My destruction was internal, outside evidence kept to a minimum.  It is easy to understand why so many from my past as well as my present are shocked to see me a member in good standing...
JohnnyOla's picture
Jun.18.2013
  The headline in the local newspaper read: Local Teen Jumps Down Elevator Shaft, Tries To Commit Suicide   . . .   I didn’t jump, it was just a misstep. Let me clear up the whole story for you. I was talking to Steve Elrod when I pushed the button on the wall that called for the...
barry-eva's picture
Jun.18.2013
On today’s “A Book and a Chat” I have half of author “Harris Gray” which is the pen name for Allan Harris and Jason Gray”.  Allan used to come into Jason’s Coffee house/Pub and bounce ideas off owner Jason, partnership soon blossomed and the two have been writing together for about seven years...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Jun.18.2013
June 18     Limen     Do you leave when it is time to go or are you the type who exits early?  Does departure time find you lingering trying to squeeze out one more minute rooted in this spot?  Are you the kind of person who loves the street, but avoids the parade?...
JohnnyOla's picture
Jun.17.2013
    A recent phone conversation:   A good-looking guy on his Verizon car phone riding home from work: “Hey baby.”   A better-looking blonde lady, wearing a revealing nighty, with large breasts, lying on a bed: “Hey.”     Guy: “What do you want to do tonight when I get...
JohnnyOla's picture
Jun.17.2013
  The best place to start a story is at the beginning. I was born the first child of John William Haslam and Lou Anne (pronounced Annie) Skelton Haslam. They named me John William Haslam Jr. I weighed almost 10 pounds and I was born on a Wednesday night on November 9, 1955. It was in the...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Jun.17.2013
June 17     Poe-etiquette     Cosmic questions cross the sky, I wonder but don’t ask why I pitch the tent, but don’t stay the night I borrow money and don’t pay the rent I sooth myself but can’t be content I earn my keep though it is all been spent The real true meanings are...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Jun.16.2013
June 16     What I Heard Through the Snow   The commentator’s voice fades in and out as the reception is lost and found among the static of my drive home.  In here is a pattern, a connect the dots matrix; I try to feel my way too as I weave past the slow and stubborn traffic....
JohnnyOla's picture
Jun.15.2013
  Are all politicians naturally stupid, or do they become stupid after they get sworn into office?   This is a question that mortal man may never be able to answer.   One thing I believe on which you will get little to no debate is that politicians are certainly stupid while they are...
JohnnyOla's picture
Jun.15.2013
  Are all politicians naturally stupid, or do they become stupid after they get sworn into office?   This is a question that mortal man may never be able to answer.   One thing I believe on which you will get little to no debate is that politicians are certainly stupid while they are...