Category Archives: News You Can Use (Sort of)

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It helps if your name isn’t Bob

Posted on May 18, 2018 by PMcG

There are two big things out there now. One of them is the constant need to assure everyone around you that you get it — usually when there are important things to be gotten and the reputation of your getfullness … Continue reading →

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Drinking Manhattans

Posted on May 1, 2018 by PMcG

People – usually men people — often ask me “When am I too old to float my boats in the tub?” Some will tell me their mother or their wife, or both of them together will say that any age … Continue reading →

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Hating that

Posted on April 15, 2018 by PMcG

I would like to address all of the “that” haters in our land. Does that mean you? That depends. Take this little test: when you read the that in that first sentence above, did your head spin around on your … Continue reading →

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The rats are dead

Posted on April 4, 2018 by PMcG

So. I went down to the Social Media Blackmarket to procure some followers. As a blogger, I want lots of followers for the simple reason that if you have, say, just two followers and one of them is make-believe, it … Continue reading →

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The penguin incident

Posted on March 21, 2018 by PMcG

I sat in the Washington office of Dr. Holler B. Snowbody, the Third Junior Deputy Deputy Undersecretary in the Department of Homeland Frisking, Risk Assessment Division, Penguins. I was on assignment for Big Beak (the magazine of birds with big beaks) … Continue reading →

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FAQ: Worried Man Blues

Posted on February 12, 2018 by PMcG

Q. Should I be worried? A. Yes. Q. Wow, I thought you’d say no. A. No. Q. Yes, I did. And then you said no. Just now. A. Yes. Q. So wait…you’re not saying there’s nothing to worry about? A. … Continue reading →

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Jiggling my grandmother

Posted on January 26, 2018 by PMcG

Sometimes, I get anxious. Ironically, the condition is called anxiety. I got it one day when I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in. I was pretty wired so they took me right away and later … Continue reading →

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