Danger Zone

So, my wife is away for the weekend...

The Violent Femmes describe,

"Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.
Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.

Well, I'm a thinkin' and thinkin', till there's nothin' I ain't thunk.
Breathing in the stink, till finally I stunk.
It was at that time, I swear I lost my mind."


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Fortunately, my delusions run more toward intellectual grandeur than to filicide.

I decided to start a blog.


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