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Sleeping on the Blacktop

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                        "Appalachia" is no longer the heritage-derived place name coined by European explorers or the designation famed author Washington Irving once suggested as a replacement for North America. The word now represents systemic failure and poverty in the national lexicon. So, if politicians and media pundits insist on making Appalachia an issue every presidential election cycle to point fingers at it, they should at least correctly pronounce the word. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/appalachia-by-any-other-name_b_1913510

Game Over.

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                               San Francisco in the second half of the 20th century became a City with a large gay population. Serial killers also made it a City full of Fear.. 'Zodiac' , the 'Doodler' , etc and  a 'Morbidly Fascinated' Jeff Lebowski, unsure of His sexuality.. found Himself in the midst of the Scene after leaving home on a Bus... In search of America... He knew His 'Hero' David Bowie was appearing in Santa Monica on the 'Spiders From Mars' Tour and 'Ziggy Stardust' had blown His mind.. Bowie had been 'obsessed' by George Orwell's '1984' and had wanted to write a Musical based on  the Book but stupid Copyright Law had thwarted His ambitions.. the 'Starman' of Glam rock  never knew His 'Young American' admirer would one day be the 'Starman' of Cinema too.. The David Bowie World Fan Convention brings David Bowie’s story back to Liverpool, a city which the artist played numerous t...

Grandude and Nandude

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New Book out by one of Our Own....He's a bit weird Macca? He put Cryptic Ads in the  local Paper and half the readers were wondering wtf?  https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/sir-paul-mccartney-behind-mysterious-classified-adverts/ar-AAOX3h8?ocid=uxbndlbing ...but I'm so jealous of Authors...and Musicians.. but ...well You know... I'm not completely Useless.. Everyone is good at something.. Crossword Puzzles were invented by One of Ours too..so I should have figured it out Arthur Wynne  (June 22, 1871 – January 14, 1945) was the British -born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle . Arthur Wynne was born on June 22, 1871, in Liverpool, England and lived on Edge Lane for a time. His father was the editor of the local newspaper the Liverpool Mercury.[wikipedia] That's the thing I've been trying to get down in this Blog.. 'Cryptic Clues' ..You know? all that Revisiting the Scene of the Teenage Crime stuff..  but in Your present Adult State? every...