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Dad's Old Desk... The bird of paradise above my father's desk, just inside the back door, wasn't exactly like this one imagined here. But close enough. And it was a source of amusement for my old man that he had an enormous five fingered marijuana leaf hanging from the bird's beak. In today's installment of my father's journal from 1979, there is a mention of wax papering Turnips. This IS a thing, I'm assured. But Chris, from work, I believe his last name was Washic, but

Winter in Pennsylvania vs Winter in the Desert Southwest... This is a No-Brainer. It'll be difficult to begin today's briefing since I'm shedding what's left of this virus - probably covid, but I haven't checked yet - out my ass more often than I care to dwell upon. ITEM 1: TRAVEL VS HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS For the last, I don't know, three years, we've bailed on the northeast during the cold and flu (and covid) season and I can't say I've missed feeling like every muscle in

Hear the song here: https://youtu.be/a1E3ophPVfE?si=mYm1WuUEIWiXctFV I was driving home from the State College, Pa. airport when this song came to me. It was pre-dawn on Sunday, December 14. I was driving down I-99 in a typical, overcast, winter, Pennsylvania snowstorm and to keep from nodding off I was listening to the news on the radio. Every story that came on just sucked. Every day it's like this. Rotten news every goddamn day. People being dragged off the streets.

It's been a minute, since I visited my father's journal he kept during my senior year of high school. Since we're crushing on toward Thanksgiving, I'll be doing some catch up in order to finish at the new year, right in time with my old man. I've done away with all the pithy dates of rememberance on each day. Tedious, they are! A remembrance, say, of the sinking of the Lusitania, had little to do with our modest life on McBride Street. Yet, they were a function of the br

In 3rd Grade Economics, Donald Dump didn't do very well. by Shawn K. Inlow I'd heard this week how Donald Trump fired Erica McEntarfer....

by Shawn K. Inlow My dad died of cancer and it was a slow thing. As anyone knows who's experienced it, it can be a terrible, gradual...

by Shawn K. Inlow I woke up this morning thinking of a favorite old joke and I was actually singing a version of it upon waking. I can't...

The Brave Officers of ICE raid MacArthur Park in L.A. stopping the threat of a children's summer camp. We have told you that America...

The new rooftop solar went live today. We produced about five times the energy we used! You can too. It's easy. by Shawn K. Inlow So,...

It's Putin v. Khamenei v. Netanyahu v. Jinping v. bin Salman v. Trump for whatever's left at the end! by Shawn K. Inlow Two kinds of...

Monday 6.11.79 Daily Lottery: 261 Plenty of work today. I made & mixed 44 sets of slugs Today on all the holes Perry & Stu brought back...

In Donald Trump's American Putsch, it's hard to tell the police from the terrorists. by Shawn K. Inlow Putsch : (noun) - a plotted...

Monday 5.28.79 Daily Lottery: 209 Raining all morning. We finally decided to eat Down at Cookie's At 5 p.m. About 4 p.m. It got nice for...

by Shawn K. Inlow Last weekend, I posted this article , which explained how the Trump administration was getting ready to steal all the...

by Shawn K. Inlow Trump's Big Beautiful Bill is just more of the same Trickle-Down nonsense from the Reagan days (once) the W. Bush...

Week 24 of my father's daily journal from 1979. Enjoy! Monday 5.21.79 Daily Lottery: 608 JURY Had to be at the court house At 8:45...

This is week 23 of 1979 and 2025. Commemorating my dad's 1979 yearbook. Monday 5.14.79 Daily Lottery: 493 Worked most of the day On...

I found my father's daily diary from 1979. Getting to know the man. You can click here to see the journal from January 1 until present:...

I found my father's diary from 1979, the year I graduated high school. I've been reconnecting with weekly posts this year, 2025. Monday...

Rep. Joyce, of Altoona, Pa., is seen here supporting the SAVE Act because, clearly, there were problems in the election he won. I wanted...