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    Humbug meets a manchild from Santa land

    chiselch / December 16, 2019

    Until Raven commented on my buffness, remarkable to him for someone in other respects to be obviously pushing well past 60, he was just another gym customer. His unsolicited compliment opened the door…

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    Last thoughts of persons victimized by the charitable impulse to share some scraps

    chiselch / February 23, 2016

    On the off-chance that this document survives what now appears inevitable, I want you to know that it all occurred not out of malice, nor with any indifference to the slippery slope that…

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