Tag Archives: asshole runnin buddies

I Aspire to Write Like This Guy

Quote of the Day     “There is creative reading as well as creative writing.”     –Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s too long to cut and paste, so I’m linking a great article by a Mississippi writer that appeared in “Lost” … Continue reading

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What y’all doin for New Year’s?

Have you asked or been asked yet? “What are y’all doin for New Year’s?” It is no simple, innocent question; to the contrary it is a query fraught with uncertainty, tinged with suspicion, steeped in desperation. Continue reading

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A Very Special Thursday Pickin (Bowl Edition)

Quote of the Day     “Whoa, lemme tell you about Bo Jackson.”     –Keith Jackson (at least in popular lore), the greatest sports broadcaster ever  It’s college football bowl season almost, and that means a clean slate for everyone in … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin Closin Ceremonies

Quote of the Day     “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”     –Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights TB did not want to be the winner of the inaugural season of Thursday Pickin, the best pickin game on the worldwide web (TM). … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin (the end of the beginning edition)

Quote of the Day     “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”     –Winston Churchill I hope everyone has enjoyed Thursday Pickin … Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin XIV (Wednesday edition)

Quote of the Day       “In the silence of her mind, Quiet movements, well I can find, Grabbin for me with her eyes, Now I’m fallin from her skies.”     –The Guess Who, No Sugar Tonight I gotta … Continue reading

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A Short Story About Zeek

I have to tell this story on one of our blog contributors because of the little exchange between he, Larry and Sweet over in “Third Week Pickin.” We must have been about thirteen years old. Sweet, Zeek, Baen, Greeg, Waldo, … Continue reading

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Third Week Thursday Pickin

Quote of the Day     “My baby makes me proud. Lord, don’t she make me proud.”  “My baby makes me smile. Lord,don’t she make me smile.”      — Charlie Rich, from Behind Closed Doors, Smily’s song of the Week, as … Continue reading

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Sanctions For Joe Lieberman

Since the Dems are having trouble coming up with something appropriate, here’s a few sanctions my asshole runnin buddies put on one another through the years. Continue reading

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Thursday Pickin XII

Quote of the Week     “As shadows fall, I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night; And I can’t help recalling how it how it felt to kiss and hold you tight; Well, how can I forget you, … Continue reading

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