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Drive-Through Blues

On December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 By wastedpilgrimIn HumorLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 11:56 a.m. This morning I went through the drive-through and ordered two biscuits and an order of hash rounds. I drove around, and handed the lady my debit card. She said a sign said they weren’t accepting anything but cash in the drive-through, but I could come inside …

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This Was the Week that Wasn’t

On December 29, 2018 By wastedpilgrimIn SportsLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Saturday, December 29, 2018, 9:52 a.m. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. That’s the slogan of my week. It could be the motto, but it would have to be in Latin. Interdum res non solum viam vestram. The week has been an adventure that wouldn’t sell because because the protagonist never …

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Ain’t No Need to Sit and Wonder Why

On June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 By wastedpilgrimIn HumorLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, 8:07 p.m. I haven’t had a day like this since my daddy died. They happened all the time when I was a kid, and he was in his natural prime. Daddy would ask me to help him with a couple things, say it wouldn’t take 30 minutes, and …

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Customer Service

On September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 By wastedpilgrimIn Life10 Comments

Today I hope to unify my novel. No, I’m not going to compare elements of two manuscripts and somehow integrate them. It’s just that I have thirty-eight chapters of the Forgive Us Our Trespasses manuscript in the sinews of a laptop presently located at the Best Buy in Spartanburg and chapters, well, here. I bought …

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