Some things just don’t smell as good as they used to

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Maybe it’s old age catching up with me, but certain things don’t smell as good as they used to. It’s not that the smells have faded. They’ve changed. For instance, remember the smell of paper money? It was a lush,… READ MORE

Ah, Halloween. Time to start Christmas shopping

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Ah, Halloween. Time to start Christmas shopping – for 2005. Did I say “Halloween”? Of course I meant “Harvest Festival,” that time of year when Food World swaps out its summer yellow Ho Hos for the harvest gold Ding Dongs…. READ MORE

How do I annoy thee?

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Husband: Hello, Honey Bunny. Guess where I’m standing? <Chirp!> Wife: Hi, Sunggle-Icious. You’re standing in line at the grocery store checkout. <Chirp!> H: Ha, ha! You cheated, Snooky-Ookems. You peeked at the camera on my new walkie-talkie cell phone. And… READ MORE

Yes, Virginia, they can cash a check that isn’t made out to them

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About halfway through today’s Pulitzer contender you will mutter, “Stone, you dunce. You don’t have the sense God gave the clown known as ‘Idiot Face.’ ” I was paying bills in my post-work fugue state. I’m sure you’re familiar with… READ MORE

It’s not progress if it lowers the quality of life

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Well, well. Here we sit on Okaloosa Island. On the right lies our scenic marina-slash-sewer, aka Choctawhatchee Bay. Rumors of the Gulf of Mexico place it to our left, its existence privy only to the gloating apparatchiks who inhabit the… READ MORE