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Larry

Nice Kitty

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I was tackled by a tiger once.  I must stress that it was voluntary for both me and the tiger.  I was recruited to be tiger tackled as part of a fund raising event to support some charity or other during other events at a county fair. [...]

January 23rd, 2012 | Category: Americana, Animals, Audio Bit, Dogs, Family, Folks, Friends, Home, Sports | Leave a comment

How Far We've Come

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I remember my 10th birthday – and not only because birthdays that end in zero are milestones, but because it was one of the few times I actually went anywhere with my mother.  On the evening before that auspicious day, she and her husband loaded me, Merv Fritz, [...]

January 9th, 2012 | Category: Americana, Audio Bit, Family, Folks, Food, Friends, Home, Rant, Sports, Technology | 6 comments

Mr. Wilson’s War

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When I was young, every 4th of July, my grandfather would load us up and drive to the big fireworks display at the football stadium in a nearby city.  He said the airborn bombs “put him in the mind of” World War One.

When the United States entered the [...]

November 7th, 2011 | Category: Americana, Audio Bit, Baseball, Family, Folks, Holidays, Home, Military, Sports | One comment