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Murder At Mellow Mushroom
Last night my wife and I decided to visit Mellow Mushroom again. We haven’t been in weeks and had a craving for their Gourmet White pizza.It’s the same every time. We always order the Gourmet White minus the tomatoes and with the onions only on my half. Every once in a blue moon though, I’ll order a small Mighty Meaty and she’ll get plain old cheese. We always get their cheese bread sticks. Last night they were different. They’re usually a big sub roll all sliced up with the cheese and stuff on top. Last night it came out as french bread slices. Way less bread than they normally serve, but delicious anyway. They also offer a ten percent discount if you have an annual state park pass. Ten percent … Read entire article »
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how i love haikusthey are so easy to writeand lots of fun too … Read entire article »
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I wrote this one yesterday. This is the first thing I have written in over ten years.I was working in the yard a few weeks ago clearing a spot for our new shed, miserable from the heat, when the wind started to blow. I decided to apply a technique I saw in Jet Li’s Fearless wherein everybody in this remote village would stand up when the wind would blow, as if to absorb its energy, and then continue working with a seemingly renewed spirit. Much to my surprise, it actually worked. not too long agowhile toiling in the noon day suni decided to try somethingi recently saw on screen the villagers worked tirelesslyplanting rice in the boiling heatbut when the wind blewthey would stand upright and smile the sweat ran in rivuletsthrough the … Read entire article »
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hello my name is onionand i like to make you crybecause the oils in my skinirritate your eyes we could amount to somethingwe really want to trybut you throw is in the panand listen to us fry my cousin was an artistmy brother liked to singbut all you did was chop them upto make onion rings you humans are so ruthlesswe wish you all would diebut we cannot do anythingbut sit and fantasize … Read entire article »
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something betteris in storeyou will not sufferanymore … Read entire article »
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i am digging my waythrough this earthlittle by little i whittle i have been digging awayever since birthever since i was little i dig every dayfor what it is worthand i am growing brittle i am wasting awaymy health is failingand i am only in the middle … Read entire article »
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everywhere i turni find a dead end streetor a roadblock in my journeysin this world of broken dreams … Read entire article »
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