For those of you who aren't me…and I've noticed a surprisingly large number of people who aren't.
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Family history I remember when I was about twenty, my siblings and I all got together for a game night. There were all six of us, several better halves, and three folks my family just adopted for no apparent reason. They were just always around, and nobody asked why. They could’ve been homeless for all …
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Attention Everyone! This is an important announcement. In fact, it’s really important. Maybe even super important. It might even be super-duper important with a cherry on top. Wow that’s important, I better get on with it. Attention everyone! This is an important announcement. Are your fingernails turning purple? I mean when you didn’t paint them …
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Stop the maddness This madness has gone on long enough! It’s got to stop, and Mr. Ohh! is just the man warped enough to stop it. This week I got my annual green milkshake in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t know how you celebrate, and frankly I don’t really care. You do whatever …
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Dear friends, I was wondering… No, that’s a bit too formal. How about; Listen up minions I have a command… Nah, this greeting might be offensive to some folks. Let’s try; Howdy folks, I has me a question… Nope, the cowboy thing went out in the nineties. Wow, those writing teachers are correct. The first …
An Interesting hobby A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far, far away, (in fact it was this one), there was Mr. Ohh!. Here I go, stealing beginnings again. This one is from Star Wars. If you knew this, perhaps you’ll grant me a bit of leeway. Either way I’m not planning on …
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I Believe “Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.” If you don’t understand what this refers to, then I want to shake your hand. Because where I live the ubiquitous, THEY beat us over the head with the sappy holiday story over and over. I’ll give it a quick once-over for all of you to …
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It's my anniversary post I just looked at the calendar and to my utter amazement, this week marks the eighth anniversary of my first post to the Sideways View. A lot of you will say congratulations, well done, good job, or even “Hey dirtbag, pay me that cash you owe me!!” If you want to …
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No thanks, I'll do it myself I was recently involved in a discussion about Self-driving Cars. My friends were discussing their pros and cons versus Idiot-driving Cars. Frankly, I went with the idiots. Computers wear out and fail. Whereas there seems to be a never-ending supply of idiots. I was driving the other day to …
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Researching Research I’ve done extensive research on this, and I can state categorically that I hate doing research!!! What I know, I learn from observing stuff. For example; I know you should never take food away from a rabbit. This might sound a bit strange, but if you value your fingers, never ever do this. …
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