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My So-Called-Life as a Masseur
What (is this post about?)…enrolling in massage school at 40. Who (was I?)…a surly construction guy, said fuck all the time, pissed off from working in the rain for 25 years. Why (did I do...
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BREAKING NEWS! LE CLOWN IS 53 TODAY!
Actually, Le Clown is 42 today. But he has the back of a 53 year old and a mind of a 11 year old so it somehow works out mathematically. I couldn’t let the day pass without posting a hardy HAPPY...
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ACOF Club Member Wrangler–SocietyRed
When Le Clown posted his wrangler recruitment for his Official Fanclub™ on January 14, I tried to imagine myself in pointy boots, a cowboy hat and chaps, listening to Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney...
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My So-Called-Life as a Masseur; Part Deux, The Final Chapter
Recap of Part 1. I went to massage school. There were freaks in class with agendas and issues. On the last day of class I gave an interesting final presentation. Fast forward to “I have a license and...
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The 2005, 47th Annual Grammy Awards; Our First Date, Part 1…
I think it’s safe to say everyone loves some kind of music. If you don’t, then you should leave this blog now and go check out some political ranting blog or a blog about septic systems; that’s where...
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The 2005, 47th Annual Grammy Awards; Our First Date, Part 2
You may recall in Part 1 that my (future) wife won a trip to the Grammy’s in 2005 and asked me to accompany her on what would be our first date, coinciding with Valentines Day. We return to the story …...
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Change is on the Way
My oversize ego tells me my blogfriends might be wondering “what has happened to Red lately?, I wonder what is going on with him?, Why the hell hasn’t he commented on my last stellar post?” Unlike...
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The Freddy Chronicles: A Flood of Mob Memories
It was the summer of 1976; the Bicentennial year. My first year of college was over and I needed cash. I was on a list to go north to Kodiak Island and work the salmon and halibut circuit but it was …...
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The Outlier Collective Guest Post Post
Yes, I know. I’ve been neglecting my blog lately. Not because I won the lottery or been stranded on a cruise ship in the open ocean or watching back episodes of Shameless while eating Cheetos and...
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Graveyard Shift in the Graveyard
There are nights when I don’t sleep at all. Not because I worry about things; I generally do not. Those nights when I don’t sleep, I work. Tonight is one of those nights. I’m tired, but I’m alright. It...
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An open letter to Innocean and Hyundai
Reblogged from Copybot: Dear Hyundai and your advertising agency, Innocean, This is my dad. His name is Geoff. He married my mum in the eighties and had two little girls, by all accounts the loves of...
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There’s (Eventually) No Place Like Home
In 1994 I built mom and dad a large house on five acres in the foothills of the Cascade mountains. The property slopes down to a quiet private lake; the kind that prohibits noisy motors and welcomes...
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La maison de l’amour
Saturday was a nice day here in the Seattle area and we spent most of the day outside working in the yard in preparation for selling this house. Sunday morning at 3:35 my back whispered in my ear that...
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I’ve Been Away/I’m Coming Back
Hello friends. I’ve ignored you. I apologize. I set this blog in motion almost two years ago. I never intended to stop writing. The process of selling my mom’s house, moving her into ours, finding a...
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Spider Dreams and New Regimes
The most incredible summer in Pacific Northwest weather history is officially a memory. Normally I would be hanging my head and dragging my feet Charlie Brown style right now but this year fall is a...
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Do You Promote Bigotry, or Love?
Something has been bothering me since June, when a blogger’s post about her wedding generated a comment thread that morphed into a “Zax from the Prairie of Prax” interaction with many other bloggers....
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The Top 4 Things I Learned at Blogger Interactive 13
This past weekend in Austin, Texas an incredible thing happened. It was a summit of brilliant minds. It was a family united for the first time. It was my own personal Big Bang. The positive reaction...
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Camp Fire and Barbed Wire
When I was in high school in the 70′s, I had a charismatic and amazing teacher who taught ornithology; the study of birds. I wasn’t a jock or stoner, and pretty much my whole life I’ve been labeled an...
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Fun With S&M
Be sure and check out my guest blog appearance on Chowderhead where I trash my good friend Adam and write about Fun With S&M.Filed under: Guest Blogger, Random thoughts Tagged: Ask Adam, Chowderhead
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Episode XXXVIII - Return of the Interview: Society Red
Reblogged from Brother Jon: It's time to bring back the interview...again. I decided to do so after meeting Society Red in Austin this year, during Blogger Interactive. Here is how the correspondence...
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