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| May 5, 1997 |
Get It: 105 |
Vol. 1, No. 79 |
TIME TO RELAX: What a weekend!
... me 'n my two home boys hit the bricks at sunrise ...
headed to #2's place ... in the rain ... to load up all
their worldly possessions ... he'd gotten a huge truck
... it wasn't leakin' too bad inside ... some of his friends
showed up as well ... it's a tight knit club ... "I
help you move, you help me move" ... they looked
a little worse for the wear ... I think there'd been a
happy hour or two on Friday night ... nothin' like wrestlin'
a bamboo bar down three flights o' stairs to get the ol'
head poundin' ... I positioned myself strategically in
the back o' the truck ... I'd be the "packer"
... pointin' ... shoutin' words o' encouragement ... like
"watch out the back step's a little slippery"
... or "lift with your legs!" ... it only took
a couple o' hours to get it all loaded ... only two casualties
... one o' #2's friends sprained his good ankle ... we
were gonna strap wheels to his back ... use 'im for a
dollie ... I got a little burn ... reached inside the
top o' one o' them halogen floor lamps ... the kind that
sets houses on fire ... to see if the bulb was in it ...
sure 'nuff it was ... it'd been on while they were loadin'
stuff up ... I only got to medium rare before my brain
connected with the fingers ... the smell o' cookin' meat
... unloadin' was a little quicker ... we had pizza 'n
beer ... then it was lunch time ... we left 'em to unpack
at their leisure ... I took the boys home ... decided
to take the mulch matter into my own hands ... headed
down to the mulch store ... they were runnin' a sale on
it ... loaded the 'burban down ... oh gosh ... one o'
the bags had a hole in it ... wifey-poo was gonna pitch
a fit ... guess I'd be cleanin' the truck too ... got
it all spread out ... dodgin' the lightnin' bolts ...
still way short ... but it was time to go out ... no more
workin' ... if ya head to Olive Garden ... I'd recommend
the Chicken Abbondonza ... a variety of tastes ... wash
it down with a glass o' Honey Brown ... finish with Tiara
Misu (?) ... do it 'round ten at night 'n I'll guarantee
some wild dreams! ... the school garage sale was yesterday
... since it'd rained out on Saturday ... the boys took
off soon as it opened ... weren't gone 15 minutes when
I saw 'em laughin' 'n jokin' carryin' a big box ... someone's
ol' slot car set ... "it was only $5" they proudly
proclaimed! ... I'm sure it'll be back up there in a few
years ... maybe I'll be able to get $10 for it ... I went
back to the mulch store ... they looked at me kinda funny
when I filled it up again ... got it all put down ...
still coulda used some more but I cried uncle! ... mowed
the yard ... decided to smoke some meat on the grill ...
we started the movies up ... watched the Associate again
... then someone slipped in Boys on the Side ... "Whoopi"
I said ... we were still dabbin' our eyes at the end ...
then caught the very end o' Forrest Gump ... the part
where he's talkin' to Jenny's grave ... it musta been
the allergies!
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WHO TOLD?: Must be the season
for new credit cards ... we been gettin' one solicitation
after 'nother ... I think we can purty much bet on keepin'
the 5.9% they're all offerin' ... get the first one ...
transfer all the balances ... soon as the rate's gonna
expire ... get 'nother one ... jes' keep transferrin'
the balances 'round ... it'll work ... but wifey-poo 'n
me both got identical offers from the same foundation
... somethin' 'bout savin' the wildlife or sumpin' ...
mine was toutin' all it's features 'n I'd been approved
for a $3,000 credit line ... WP started to throw hers
away but opened it jes' outta curiosity ... same thing
in hers ... 'cept her credit line was $5,000 ... now jes'
a second here! ... maybe the company knew my allowance
wouldn't cover the payments ... I don't know! ... I jes'
know I'll never hear the end of it!
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ALMOST TIME: Any day now ...
waitin' for #1's baby to arrive ... we can hardly wait
to start the spoilin' ... we've decided when we're watchin'
the grandkids that we'll be strict disciplinarians ...
if anybody misbehaves we'll take 'em to McDonalds for
a time out ... a little milk shake ... Happy Meal ...
a toy ... that oughta straighten' 'em right out!
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"Don't worry about whether
tomorrow's going to come or not. It's already tomorrow
somewhere on the globe. Could we tune in to their news
station to see what's going to happen?" -- Mikey,
Thinkin’ Too Hard
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| Mikey's Muse(tm)
is published weekdays as a commentary on stuff. Editor,
Michael T. Rusk. Copyright © 1997 by Michael T. Rusk.
Printed in the U.S.A. This publication may be distributed
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bits of fiction, and editorial liberties (lies) under
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in my writing are purely fictional and any resemblance
to any person, company or animal is purely unintentional.
If you don't get it, you just don't get it. Don't blame
me for anything I say and don't do anything I say, either.
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