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Uncle Bill Franson RIP

My Uncle Bill passed away. Growing up I spent many summers with my cousin in Clearfied, PA living at his house. We would often go away on vacations, the four of us, to places like Nags Head, NC; Hersey Park, PA; and Atlantic City NJ. He loved to play craps at the casino, would go

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Betta Bilbo Baggins

My daughter got me a betta fish before she went back to school. Please meet Betta Bilbo Baggins and his supervisor Rick Sanchez, both of whom live on the shelf above my home office. Bilbo, specifically, lives in a pineapple under the sea, on the shelf, above my desk.

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Sniper on the range

A few weeks ago we were in Kentucky for the weekend for our annual hay ride and other festivities. I forgot to bring my guns but my brother-in-law always has plenty of weapons to play with. This target was setup at about 100 yards down range. Every “ding” you hear is a bullseye. I’ve never

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The Outsider

When we were on vacation this year and I took a Stephen King book with me. I was never a huge fan but always like most of his stuff, especially when I was looking for an easy read. I can’t remember the name of the book I was reading but I had recently watched and

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festivus

it has come and gone for another year. it was a standard affair as far as holidays go, with the regular travel schedule south on christmas day and then back home the day after. the only excitement was the boy getting sick christmas night, he said his ear hurt and he had a stuffed up

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