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Good something to everyone, it's morning here in the USA (9:00 A.M. Central Time in my neighborhood) and I just had this pair of visitors in the front yard. I wish I knew where these two are coming from, they have to be local to the inside of town since I am seeing them fairly often. They are safer here than out of town since it is illegal to shoot a gun inside the city limits. They are a bit wary of me but will let me photograph them while I stand on my front porch.
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Cream Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967) The second album from Cream joins my turntable to break its 4-day silence. #1 in Australia, #4 in the U.S., and #5 in the UK, propelled in part by the #5 (US) single 'Sunshine Of Your Love". And this part just kills me---this album was recorded in a 5-day period between May 11-15 1967. These days most bands don't even record a full song in 5 days. Side one - 1. "Strange Brew" 2. "Sunshine of Your…
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I'm sorry I do not post flowers, sunrises, sunsets, or food, but it is closer to winter than summer, I have no view of the eastern or western horizons, and I eat the same thing every day. I do post cat photos though so I have at least one redeeming quality.
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #RickWakeman Rick Wakeman - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1974) How should I even start this? Wakeman first achieved renown as the keyboardist for the progressive rock band Yes in the early 70's beginning with the album 'Fragile' (which contains "Roundabout", one of their most well-known songs). "Journey" is the second solo album he released and fuses rock 'n' roll with a full orchestral arrangement. It was recorded live in…
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The cast, in order of appearance: His Lordship, Ruler of the Universe, the Evil Demon Spawn, Scar - June 2015 Emoci (M.O.C., My Other Cat) - April 2020 Petey Von Peterstain a.k.a. Mr Pete - June 2021 Note - I did not adopt any of these cats. THEY adopted my house as their dwelling. No one asked me anything, other than Scar asking for a ride when I met him out in the country. #Cats 'moci and Petey both showed up from parts unknown and Scar let them move in I guess or…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TRex T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971) The second release from the re-named group, whose first 4 albums were done under the name Tyrannosaurus Rex. This album also saw a change in direction for the group, moving from a folksy/psychedelic sound to a more pop-oriented electric sound which would become labeled 'glam rock'. T. Rex always did well in the UK, but this was the album that 'broke' them to a wider American audience, although…
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Should I be a rebel and set my clocks back NOW or should I conform to the norm and do it at 2 AM Sunday? Twice a year mankind attempts to show his mastery over the Universe by changing the time. Which, since Mankind invented it (time), I guess it is their right, but I personally wish they would just leave it the fuck alone. Of course, also it should be mentioned we are such a fractured society that we can't all do it at the same time (reset clocks), which only further…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TwistedSister Twisted Sister - You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll (1983) The second release from them, and their first 'gold' record. No hit singles, only #130 on the US charts, but in the UK there were a pair of Top 40 singles and it reached #14. And here is the difference between the UK and US music scenes - their next album (Stay Hungry) would go triple platinum in the States and reach #15, but only reach #34 in the UK. But this is my…
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I think I've seen all the different scams there are, then I get this: "I was a once a white person I used to live in Port Elizabeth dower there were workers black People black many who used work bye inside my home they took me away from home they took me in to the black people areas to live there in the husband of my naniers was traditional healer he changed my colour so that's when I became a black person in 1997 it started in then in 2000 i became sick because I was in…
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I realize the doctor did NOT give me an inhaler to open up my lungs so I could take better hits off of my bong, but that's how things worked out. I really should probably stop doing that. Normally I don't use my inhaler unless I think I hear one of the cats outside crying to come in and then open the door and no one is there and then I realize I am hearing my lungs wheezing. I really need to stop smoking EVERYTHING and start making edibles. But the entire process of breaking…
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I don't talk about actual earnings here much (in fact I try to avoid it), but around 6 PM local time (CST USA) yesterday I joined the 1 BCH club. And that is now resting in my Ledger Nano S hardware wallet. Thank you to everyone that has contributed to my journey thus far.
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Queen Queen - News Of The World (1977) Almost everyone is likely familiar with the opening songs of this album (We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions) which made the Top 10 for singles in 10 different countries and was in the Top 5 (including the #1 spot in France) in five of those. But that was only the opening salvo of an album that would reach #3 in the USA (#4 in the UK) and sell over 4 million copies (US). A little more…
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Y'all never got to meet Creeper Van™. CV was a veteran of countless rock 'n' roll shows in Southern Illinois from September 2012 until March 2019. Scar (the black cat in the first photo) traveled home with me from one show in June 2015, traveling loose in the back of the van with a ton of sound gear. He made one final investigation of the van today before someone came to take it away and give it a new home. And now the question is---since I no longer have the van to store…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Styx Styx - Equinox (1975) Dang it, I like this one so much I spun completely through side one before I wrote anything. The fifth release for the Chicago area band Styx (and their first on the A&M record label) would be the beginning of national recognition for the group (although they had scored a #6 single previously with the song 'Lady' which was initially released in September 1973 but didn't really get any attention until…
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#Breakfast #BreakfastOfChampions #Diabetes This is to control blood sugar and this is to control blood pressure and this is for my liver and that for my kidneys and that's another one for my glucose and ANOTHER for my glucose and one is for the neuropathy and one is another blood thinner and I can't recall just what exactly the other 4 do but yeah. Some days I feel like a complete walking pharmacy. :-)
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Local sunrise 11/09/2021 courtesy of my older sister #2 (Curly Shirley). I have no views of the east/west horizons because of too many trees and houses, but she lives in a second floor apartment just on the western outskirts of town with a gorgeous view of sunrises. She took this one today.
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Steppenwolf Steppenwolf - For Ladies Only (1971) Well hell, I just realized this was their final album before the initial break-up of the band in 1972. Which means I have their discography in the wrong order in my collection. I thought 'Steppenwolf 7' was the one before the breakup. "For Ladies Only' was the 6th studio release, but there were a pair of live albums in there which makes this their 8th release. Guess I am NOT a…
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Maybe I had best stay away from sunrise photos and talking about my meds and just stick to music posts, I wasn't expecting the flow of activity I got to those two posts yesterday. Scared me away until today it did. lol
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #IronMaiden Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (1982) Not a lot I can say here---or maybe too much to be said. The third album from them, the first with singer Bruce Dickinson, whom is a story all by himself. Bruce actually captains their jet on world tours as a licensed pilot, and has a few other 'tricks' up his sleeve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dickinson#Other_work But we're talking about this album so let's not get…
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Well, I wanted to post a photo for 'Throwback Thursday' but I haven't been fishing in years so I haven't caught any fish to throw back and now I don't know what to do. I guess I could always post these photos of Cardinals from November 11th 2019 when the first snowfall of the year hit our area (southern Illinois USA). I didn't throw them back (or forward for that matter) but I did throw out some bird seed for them.
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A spider just dropped in and wanted to know if it could 'hang' out for a bit. I said "No". *wipes smashed spider off of palms*
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Don't forget kids, drugs are BAD for you, m'kay? If someone offers you drugs, accept them and bring them to me and I will properly 'dispose' of them for your safety. *This public safety announcement brought to you by SomeGuyTyping@OnHis.computer
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El Casa de la Ratcliffe Fall has beautiful colors, but you never really realize how many leaves are on a tree until they all begin falling down. But regardless of the maintenance involved, I love living at/owning this location on a dead-end side-street in town. I'm the last house before the road ends, only two other vehicles regularly use this road so it is quiet and peaceful at almost all times. If you ever get a chance to drop by, I'm sure I have coughee or tea or…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TheEdgarWinterGroup #EdgarWinter The Edgar Winter Group - They Only Come Out At Night (1972) At 12 years old when this was released. this is some of what I was listening to already. Thanks to a few generations of music lovers in the family, I got an early start in 'music appreciation'. The big hit was the song 'Frankenstein' which was a #1 single, with 'Free Ride' (a different 'mix' than the album) reaching #14. 'Frankenstein' is a…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TedNugent Ted Nugent's Amboy Dukes - Tooth Fang & Claw (1974) The final album with the Amboy Dukes before Ted took off on his solo career. No chart positioning available, which means it never even reached #200 (per the Billboard 200 album chart). Several good spots on this record, including what has become a Nugent 'standard', "The Great White Buffalo", and the guitar opus "Hibernation", amongst others (including a version of the…
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My two deer fawns were back in front of the house at the Squirrel Tree™ yesterday afternoon (Saturday 3:30 PM)
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Nickelback Nickelback - All The Right Reasons (2005) Just bought this yesterday at WalMart---yes, vinyl is still a 'thing' although some people think it is no longer around. And it is just getting its first spin this morning (3:45 AM) as I write this. I did not realize quite how popular this album was until I started looking up facts---such as 18 million copies sold world-wide, 10 million in the US, #1 on the Billboard album chart,…
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The 109-FM W*E*E*D Interview - A Word With God We sat down over coughee today with The Big Guy to discuss Life, the Universe, and Everything...and got some interesting replies. 109-FM - First of all, thanks for taking time out of Your Day to chat, I know You must be very busy. G - Not really, it's just Business as usual, since all Days are actually Mine. I did Make them, you know. 109-FM - Yeah, I think I read that in Your handbook (The Bible). Anyway, let's start off with…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TuffDarts Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts! (1978) This band is labeled as 'punk', and I guess it is, but to me it seems more 'alternative rock'. A popular act in the late 70's New York punk scene, they recorded the one album and shortly thereafter disbanded. Over the years I have ran into maybe 3-4 people that have heard of them, they were never really popular nationally, but I love this. I bought this album originally simply because of…
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His Lordship, Ruler of the Universe, the Evil Demon Spawn Scar is not quite sure if he is ready to be awake yet, and the Dumb Human keeps sticking a camera flash in his face.
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So I was on a different site this morning watching someone complain about how dead another different site is, but when I went to the second site I see that person hasn't been there for over 2 years. Yet they want to talk about how dead the site is? People sure are weird...
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So I walked into the living room to pick out my morning vinyl spin only to be told I did NOT need to be playing anything at the moment. So I guess it is either a CD or nothing for now. Can't disturb the boy's catnap.
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #LedZeppelin Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day (2012) Some people may claim this is not 'truly' Led Zeppelin since it does not feature original drummer John Bonham whom died in 1980---but it DOES have John's son Jason playing percussion, so it's the next best thing. This was recorded during a live show in 2007 as a tribute concert to the late Ahmet Ertegun who had died the previous year and had been the president of Atlantic Records…
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Lord knows what 'moci thinks she's gonna do with a skwirl but she sure does think she wants one for some reason or another.
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I posted a photo of Emoci yesterday peering around the trunk of a tree at a squirrel, and almost everyone figured the squirrel was getting ready to be killed. Believe it or not, Emoci is merely playing a game to see how close she can get without being noticed. It happens here every day, she comes out to the Squirrel Tree and starts watching---and sneaking---to see how close she can get. This video link shows her walking up behind one, sniffing its butt, then turning around…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Eagles Eagles - Hotel California (1976) I have a friend that is heavily into music like I am, and we both groan when someone talks about 'The Eagles'. There is no 'The' in the band's name---they are simply Eagles. Oh hell---I knew this was a top-selling album, but 26 MILLION copies sold in the USA rather boggles the mind. Maybe 26 million and one now---this is a brand new copy I just purchased yesterday to replace one I had that…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #Riot Riot - Riot Live (EP) (1982) There is a long long involved confusing story surrounding this group. 6 lead vocalists over the years, 6 bassists, 4 guitarists, EIGHT different drummers---and a name change, they are now known as Riot V. If you have the time and want to try to make any sense of it, read the Wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_V This particular release is with their second vocalist, who was on this live…
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I'm a Pfizer man through-and-through. Or at least I will be in 5½ hours from now when I get my COVID booster shot later this morning. I have a choice of Pfizer, Moderna, or J&J for the booster, but since my first two were Pfizer and I suffered no ill effects, I'm staying with it. I had heard if you grew a third testicle (only for men) after receiving the first two vaccinations you would not need the booster, but I didn't get the third testicle, only an eye growing from my…
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Mr Pete usually only comes in to eat and then immediately goes back outside but he saw something (although I don't know what it was) interesting on the TV so he stayed in for a bit this morning (I was watching an Australian show/series called 'Rake' and I don't know what he thought was worth watching but there he was)
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Let me bore you with a moon-shot. I'm not sure if the full moon was yesterday or the previous day, but it had been too cloudy to catch any good shots. I took this one at 4 AM today (the 18th) and it is slightly past full. Camera used is a Canon SX 410 IS at 100x zoom. EDIT - actually this is about 24 hours before the full moon for November
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facefucked again! I made a comment under a post about the death penalty and 30 seconds later got told "Yer a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD man Mr Ratcliffe". lol At least I got to make the post about my arm falling off after I got my COVID booster this morning before that faux pas occurred.
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Tonight's lunar eclipse (this morning) southern Illinois USA November 19th 2021 #Eclipse #LunarEclipse
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Mr Pete (left) and Emoci (right) take Caturday morning catnaps on the CatTraps™
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #AliceCooper Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes To Hell (1976) The second solo album from Alice Cooper (the man) after the dissolution of Alice Cooper (the band). I was a bit surprised to see this never went platinum although it did receive a 'gold' record award and had a #12 single with the song "I Never Cry". But I have always been a huge Cooper fan in regards to his first 10 albums so I am a bit biased in my opinion. Side one - 1.…
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#TheDevilsLettuce #Hemppot #THC #TheHateChemical Hempatitus usually comes from rusty bong-needles used for injecting the marijuanas. Please tell your children of the Evils of the marijuanas. The only 'safe' way to use the marijuanas is to NOT use the marijuanas. Sniffing/snorting the marijuanas can also lead to blindness. Do not be fooled by the marijuanas. #Snarkasm
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A previously frozen lasagna converted to an unfrozen state by the art of thermophysics
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #TomPetty #TomPettyandtheHeartbreakers Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Into The Great Wide Open (1991) The eighth studio album from TP&THB. Okay, I have to start out by saying there is no such animal as a 'bad' Tom Petty album. They just do not exist and never have. Full stop. Yes, I really REALLY like Petty and crew. In fact I like them so much I could never pick an absolute favorite album from them, but this would be in the top 5.…
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Pete has taken to the couch quite a bit lately---he's kind of long when he gets all stretched out, hopefully he won't kick 'moci off of her pillow #cats #catnaps
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No more chambers huh? Use hash tags instead huh? Not sure if that is a step forward or backward huh? Huh. *quietly ponders a moment* Well, I ain't a big fan of hash tags to represent categories, and I ain't a huge fan of channels, but it ain't my site so...huh. #Huh #RandomThoughts #HashTags
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Remember when you subscribed to #RandomThoughts and you could see every post made in that chamber in your feed? Well, you cannot subscribe to the hashtag #RandomThoughts so that hashtag isn't helping you a bit as far as your prior 'audience'. I must say #IDoNotLikeGreenEggsAndHam #ILikedMyChambersSamIAm #Snarkasm
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I don't have any clear horizon to speak of, but occasionally I can get a good photo of the day as dawn begins and the sun approaches. How occasionally? Well, this one happened 4 years ago today...
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I did not get a photograph of my supper which was a pizza I had ordered from Domino's because I was HONGRY and I started eating the pizza before I realized I should have taken a photograph of it to post and show everyone what I was having for supper. And while there is still ½ a pizza left, a photo of a half-pizza does not have the same dramatic effect as a photo of a complete pizza, so there is no sense to waste my photographic skills shooting a photo of a half-pizza. But I…
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Queen Emoci (Emoci is derived from the initials to the words 'My Other Cat'---M.O.C.) believes that catnaps are the best naps, so she takes as many of them as she can. 'moci showed up at the house in April of 2020, and my resident tomcat (Scar) decided as how he would allow her to move in. I estimate she was likely 6 months old when she showed up, so she is about 2 years old now.
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#UnpublishedPoetry #OriginalPoetry #Poetry #Writing Written sometime in 2012, all I can say for sure is it was while I was living in a hotel (working part-time as maintenance in lieu of paying rent) and working for America's largest renter of inflatable sumo-wrestling suits (true story) while occasionally doing sound production for live bands. I had not become quite as 'numbed' to life as I am now, but I was well on my way there... RAISE THE WALLS Sorrow and despair Blank…
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #LimpBizkit Limp Bizkit - Significant Other (1999) Kind of a 'rap meets metal' thing going on. Got them the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart and sold over 16 million copies worldwide, less than half of those in the U.S. (7x platinum or 7 million sold). 3 singles in the Hot 100, the highest of them reaching #70 ("N 2 Gether Now") with "Re-Arranged" and "Nookie" at #75 and #80. I like this, but I have a hard time sitting…
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Raccoon out at the Squirrel Tree about 2:40 AM today. I've been meaning to put a set of spotlights on the house pointing there to help get good shots with the camera, used a pair of LED flashlights pointing out the window to light it up enough for focusing on these. #SquirrelTree #Raccoons
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#vinylrecords #vinyl #records #vinyljunkie #LeslieWest Leslie West - Still Climbing (2013) How do I introduce this album? Leslie was one of the founding members of the early 70's band Mountain and also did a few albums with the group West, Bruce& Laing. He is likely best known for the song 'Mississippi Queen' from the first Mountain album, 'Climbing' (1970). And 43 years later, he was 'Still Climbing' with his next-to-last recording before his death in December 2020. This…
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It looks as though we are not allowed to give some users 'free tips'. Not really sure why this is occurring, and I can still tip the post from my own wallet or by QR, but when I choose a free tip amount and try to send it, I get the shown error---and I refreshed the page several times, tipped other users, came back, and still got this display when I tried to use free tips on a particular post.
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Another #Moanday morning, anyone else wanna moan the blues with me? I really do promise some day I will be sweetness and light and put smiles on hundreds of faces, most likely at the announcement of my demise. BUT I do not foresee that coming forthwith, because I still have plenty of Grinch in me left to spread around the world. Only 5:15 AM, too early to smoke a marijuana if I don't want to spend the rest of the day in a haze, and I do need to go into the Great Wide Open…
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8:30 AM #Moanday morning. Went to City Hall and paid the water bill, went to the pharmacy drive-thru and picked up 4 prescriptions, and that is all the civilizing I have planned for the day 'cept maybe say "Hi" to a postal worker later this afternoon if I see her deliver my mail. AND THAT MEANS I can now smoke some weed, go vegetate on the couch in front of the television, OR go vegetate on the couch and crank the stereo up, OR I could always rely on that old favorite, Take…