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What to do when it rains

On June 24, 2023 By wastedpilgrimIn Humor, SportsLeave a comment

By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay) The last time I felt like this in June, I was in Seattle. The entire past week has been spent in days which my old man used to say “ain’t good for nothin’ ‘cept sleeping.” The more specific description of weather trends is global “weirding,” not “warming.” Warming is just a …

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Even as the summer swelters

On July 26, 2018July 27, 2018 By wastedpilgrimIn LifeLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, July 26, 2018, 2:25 p.m. I was out working on a feature for the GoLaurens.com website until almost 8 on Wednesday night. When I got back home and turned on the TV, I discovered I had missed two innings, five runs and three homers in the Red Sox game in Baltimore. …

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Mystery When It Was Cool

On February 9, 2017 By wastedpilgrimIn BooksLeave a comment

Clinton, South Carolina, Thursday, February 9, 2017, 11:24 a.m. All that I found questionable about Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep was how much it rains in Los Angeles. It was published in 1939. Perhaps it’s climate change. For a long time, I’ve wanted to read the masters of crime and mystery, principally Chandler and Dashiell …

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