Adventures with Rusty

After I got back from that war—the one that was to set the Middle East ablaze with freedom and democracy–I sat around a lot. I was half a man and so I couldn’t walk anywhere—couldn’t jump in a car and…

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Yentas a Plenta

It should come as no surprise that there’s no way in hell that I fit in where I live. I’m surrounded by a gaggle of yentas between thea ages of 50 and 103. I am one big ass sore thumb…

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Ranger School Stories: Part One

I ran the first eight miles today with Greg. We took the river trail which was a Congo expedition of sorts: we forded flooded, knee-deep sections of the trail and scattered clusters of newly hatched mosquitoes. The absolute worst sections…

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Bentley Fuller and the Bogeyman by Duncan Larkin

Bentley Fuller dreamt every night. Since the age of seven, he recorded his dreams in thick leather books that were secured with a silver padlock. The key to the books, he kept around his neck; the books he kept under…

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