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  • Fred’s Surgery Went Well

    For those of you keeping track, Fred, age 78, had a heart procedure today. He came through it with flying colors. No lawn mowing for 2 weeks, so R is going to do it for him. He has a self-propelled… Continue reading

  • Fred and Ablation Surgery

    My best friend is 78. He lives around the corner and we share conversation on a daily basis. We also share a love for photography and I frequently drive us to nearby parks and recreation areas to search out objects… Continue reading

  • Edgar Bakes #bakerskid

    Edgar age 12, has been scouted by the Food Network. Quite impressive, they found Tom’s photo on Instagram but older brother has no desire to be on TV. Younger boy? You bet. Edgar has an audition with show’s producer on… Continue reading

  • The Haunting

    Sometimes what I have to tell  you is so complicated that therein lies the difficulty in the telling. Where to start, what details to tell, where to end the tale?   Such is the story of the Wilmington  haunted house.… Continue reading

    The Haunting

  • Protected: The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

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    Protected: The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

  • FLUXUS

    Fluxus Links From 2006, so old, so many of these links won’t work. I think there was an update around 2010 — so read this and take heed. I was once a big Fluxus aficionado and I can no longer… Continue reading

  • Professor Nemo AGAIN

    Original Online Version: Coastal NC’s resident scholar answers questions. We’ve revised his comments and herewith, please find the new and improved Professor Nemo’s discussion on Hermeticism and more…   THE TRUE DA VINCI CODE – THE MISSING PIECES OF LEONARDO’S… Continue reading

    Professor Nemo AGAIN

  • Professor Nemo Rides Again

    Originally Posted on February 20, 2006 “A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR NEMO”:  Q: Why did Leonardo da Vinci depict the Apostle John in his The Last Supper as feminine? Is Dan Brown right in suggesting in The Da Vinci Code that it… Continue reading

  • The Thomas Recipe for Oxycontin/Oxycodone and opioids in general — for cessation

    Thomas’s Recipe for Oxycontin / Oxycodone Cessation Stopped taking Oxy because it’s so awful. Pain clinic appointments are annoying, piss tests even more so, and what oxy does to the gut isn’t worth the relief. So about a decade ago,… Continue reading

    The Thomas Recipe for Oxycontin/Oxycodone and opioids in general — for cessation

  • Ruth Quote

    Found this in a book of quotes belonging to Mom. Ruth Heinold wrote this, copied it from a book, in the 1940s.  “If my companions on the planet’s crust choose to rage about, they cannot affect me! I will not… Continue reading