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My brother, his wife, and I went to the doctor today for her ultrasound. It was pretty damn neat. We joked around and bullshitted with the doc as he took all the pictures and made all the measurements. Then he told us that the baby is a boy. My brother was happy. She was too. It was a happy day.

We were in the parking...
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My brother, his wife, and I went to Mt. Rushmore the other day. It was crowded. I don't care for crowds too much. Last night we met up with some of my brother's Air Force buddies in Deadwood. It wasn't too terrible. I got to see a damn fine thunderstorm while I ate. But I felt uncomfortable the whole night. They were telling flying stories...
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Still in windy South Dakota. The boston movie is coming along. Slow as usual. It's been fun out here. The weather is a little strange. It was 94 degrees one day and 68 the next. My brother's been busy. They're doing some Air Force readiness test or something. So it's been me and his wife alone in the house most of the time. I talk...
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I'm in beautiful South Dakota visiting my big brother and his lovely wife. I'm supposed to help finish his basement. And I'm trying to finish the boston movie at the same time. But it's good being around a loving married couple. I can use it for the movie. A man and wife, their lives torn apart because he took his buddy's place on a business...
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I'm working on a mother's day card. I'm getting awful teary-eyed and mushy over it. My mom is a sweetheart, though.

My dad and mom have moved around a lot in the past few years. And during one of the moves, one of my childhood drawings was misplaced. My mom blames herself. She broke into tears when she told me about it. She said she...
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I may have inadvertently staged a "Wild America" animal moment the other day. I was out shooting basketball (deep in thought, as usual) when a big black snake rolled up in the yard. I tried to herd him back into the field but he didn't want to go.

I poked and prodded and nudged him but it didn't do any good. He eventually made it...
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The weather was perfect again today. I tried to mow but the sumbitch of a lawnmower didn't want to start. It is officially a piece of shit. We had a short ceremony. It thanked the pitiless Tennessee weather, the countless walnuts it has crunched, and my callous caretaking. I was touched.

I almost had to resort to using the redneck trinity on it. I don't...
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There's a honeysuckle vine underneath my window. The scent drifts up here from time to time. It brings back a lot of memories.

Of course my brothers and I used to suck on them for the nectar when we were little. And I'd pick a few for my mom. She'd put them in her hair. And I'd reach up and pick a magnolia blossom for...
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A black cat with green eyes tore into and partially ate two loaves of bread the past two nights. I need to find the screens to a couple of our windows.

I reckon the black cat is getting more comfortable around us. I gave him some tuna and some tomato soup and I talk to him a lot. He meows nervously but I think he...
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Today couldn't have been prettier. The wind was blowing and it was sunny. I've been working with my uncle on the house for the past two days. We've been rehanging a 35 foot long gutter. There were a shitload of red wasps. I don't like them so much.

I got a little too much sun yesterday. I'm a dumbass. I should've known better. I've got...
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