Marc Munroe Dion
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A severe absence of ratsApr 08, 2024 12:10 pm - Sitting in courtrooms isn't an art. It is the process of hibernation, being asleep enough not to hear everything but awake enough to hear anything important. It is the li...
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The things I used to do, Lord, I won’t do no moreMar 30, 2024 12:50 pm - My father spent the last 13 years of his work life at a sporting goods company, where he was an assistant department head. When he retired, 34 years ago, he had full and ...
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Scene from a neighborhoodMar 23, 2024 2:41 pm - Movie scene: A car pulls to the curb on a downtown street. Four men wait inside the vehicle. They're white. All of them have slicked-back hair, pinkie rings, shiny suits ...
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On the road to the vernal poolsMar 09, 2024 10:19 am - It's Newt Night. Frog Fest. Salamanderpalooza. The temperature is brushing up against 50 where I live, and it's been drizzling for a couple of days. And so, the amphibian...
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We're getting the band back togetherMar 06, 2024 2:00 am - I don't live in the kind of city that gets Lady Gaga live for one night, or Taylor Swift. I live in the kind of city that gets a Journey tribute band that sounds just lik...
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I was country before Beyoncé was countryFeb 24, 2024 11:01 am - The old man's idea of paradise is inertia. Right now, there's an old woman looking sadly out the window of her apartment, seeing the vacant store where the “good” bakery ...
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Crying Over Spilt BeerFeb 17, 2024 10:37 am - There's probably still a bar that uses the old beer schooners. Maybe in Chicago or Topeka or Bemidji, one of those towns with a flair for the traditional, for ethnic saus...
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Ooh, that smellJan 30, 2024 11:54 am - My wife, who worked at a desk 13 feet away from me in the newsroom, noticed it first. "The parking lot of the Walmart reeks of weed," she said. "I mean all the time. In t...
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Throwing me at Donald TrumpJan 20, 2024 2:29 pm - I'm a reasonable man. I do not raise my voice to my wife. If you cut me off on the highway, I do not make rude hand gestures. I do not roll my eyes and sigh if there are ...
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Lights at the end of dayJan 12, 2024 2:15 pm - Understand. I live in an urban area full of old multifamily homes and Hyundai sedans with duct tape on the upholstery. This means that my small, northeastern city looks b...