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Meme of British Comedian David Mitchell in an SS officers uniform asking "Are we the baddies?"

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Past Sins

The inevitable Graham Platner rant.

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Vancouver

So I kept walking, on to Chinatown long enough to see street signs with golden dragons on top, then back East toward the blocks that held hundred thousand dollar watches, Ferrari’s and the AKC French Bulldog people with their hard silicon faces.

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Thoughts and Prayers and Thank You For Your Service

...I pity them. I feel genuinely sorry for all of them with their yellow ribbon stickers and “would’ve served but” because I experienced something else during those dark days, something they will never experience for themselves.

An American flag dangles from a pinetree that has fallen into the roof of a brown and tan ranch style home.

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July 4, 2025

When faced with unimaginable horrors some people will run, more will freeze, but a surprising number will fight. A shocking number of people will run to aid their fellow man. I’ve seen it

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Letter to my Normie Friends.

Felt good to be joyous. Man doing something is so much better than sitting, watching, and feeling like shit isn’t it? Remember that feeling. Cherish it.

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Memorial

An hour and at least a mile later I still couldn’t shake the feeling of that place. The heavy sense of loss and futility and the gnawing question of “why?” would linger far longer than I cared to admit.

A can of Shiner Prickly Pear beer sitting on a battered picnic table on a beach overlooking the gulf of Mexico

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Obituary Beer

Right now I have Dos Equis in the fridge. An imported Mexican lager is fitting I guess. Dos Equis is by no means a “special” beer but it's crisp and cold and there, which makes it about as good as a beer gets.

My father's American Flag folded and displayed in a light colored wood box on a white mantle.

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On The Flag

One fine summer day I was driving down the highway with the windows down and Waylon Jennings turned up when I saw a big, black, truck barreling toward me in the oncoming lane. Now I was born in the Deep South. I’m not a truck hater. Hell I’ve

A young soldier in blue pajamas sitting in a hospital bed. There's a feeding tube in his nose leading to an IV pump.

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Cold, Dark, Comfort

I knew with a cold certainty I’ve never experience before or since that if I chose to quit, if I closed my eyes right then I would slip back into the cold, comfortable darkness. I wouldn’t feel a thing ever again.

A black mutt with white on his chest and paws sits in the sun on a dirty back porch.

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A Black Dog in the Sun

I couldn't help but shake my head. "You motherfucker..." Jack just looked at me with big sad eyes and wagged his tail. "Whole goddamned world is falling apart and you're just sitting in a sunbeam." If a dog could shrug Jack would've.

A pair of blue jeans and black, pointed toe, western, cowboy boots on a light brown hardwood floor.

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On Pearl Snaps, Cowboy Boots, and Fascist Pricks

Every interaction was a minefield. I was withdrawn, depressed, the only ray of sunshine was my spouse and kid and good country music on the car stereo. I pulled on those old battered boots of Mister Billy’s and they felt right. They felt like home.