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Ford Rangers are the Volkswagen Bugs of this generation.  They were cheap, they were made well, they sold millions and many are still around.  They were built from 1998 to 2011.

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Just going to tell you what happened.  Lying in bed with Whizzbang last Sunday.  She was asleep next to me and I was watching something on TV.  Yeah, it was some found footage horror movie.  The bed started shaking.  Not for long, maybe a couple seconds.  Whizz wakes up, sits up and looks alert.  I'm looking around.  It does it again, maybe a bit longer.  Whizz jumps off, and I slide off, thinking the Current Mrs. Blythe had sneaked in and slid underneath to shake it just to scare me.  Which was ridiculous.  I yell as I slide off, "OK, THAT IS ENOUGH!"  I looked under the bed.  Nothing.  The current Mrs. Blythe was in the kitchen but heard me yell.

 Okay, yeah I've been on a found footage movie phase lately.  Did I doze off and imagine it?  Did the dog shiver?  Twice?  Or is my bedroom sitting atop an old Seminole Indian burial ground?  Mysteries abound in this land of sand crabs and flesh eating microbes.  What?  You wanted something more profound?    


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Apparently this is a thing over in the Middle East.  Looks like fun. 
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These two reprobates prefer flavored frozen water treats to ice cream.  What's the younger generation coming to?


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The New York Mets are a pathetic organization.  They hired an agent to be their General Manager.  They hired a pitching coach with no managerial experience to be our manager.  At this writing they are in 4th place (out of 5 teams) and are close to their third straight season not being over .500 after May 1.  The new GM said two weeks ago he liked what he saw, and in April told the rest of the league to "come get us."  They have more blown saves than saves.  They are also in the most lucrative market and spend like they are in a thrift shop.  They fired their pitching coach last week and they have gotten worse.  Our new pitching coach is 82 years old.  In the off season we traded our best player in the minors for a 36 year old who was busted for using PED's last year.  

I'm thinking about finding a new team.  I will be available for bribery at Beer Bellies in August.


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Making Magic doesn't have to be hard. 

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Words fail me.

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A palm tree the Dumbstruck and I walk past every morning.  Looks like a giant bug.


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Video of Old Key West Bar and Grill where Brendan works helping to celebrate Pride Week in St. Pete last week.
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"O pleeze pleeze pleeze drop a fry.  Don't worry I'll get it"
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I got nothing else today.  Doesn't hardly seem worth the ink.  Short Tidbit for a short week.


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