will shovel for drugs

There's snow everywhere this morning. On the way to the bus stop, I'm walking down Harrison St. toward Fountain St. and I get to the side of the little post office. There's a guy there shoveling snow off the sidewalk and I think, wow--it's nice to be in a place where people are prepared for the weather and take it in stride instead of cowering in their homes and hoping the world doesn't come to an end. As I get near him, I say, "Hey, how ya doin'?" Dude looks at me and says, "yougoddennycrak?"

"I'm sorry, what?" I step past him.

"Yagoddenycrak?"

"WHAT?" I say.

"Do you HAVE any CRACK?"

"HELL NO, I don't have any CRACK!"

That's what I get for being friendly in this town. I'm standing there in the falling snow and some guy is asking me for crack. Do I LOOK like I smoke CRACK? Don't answer that.

So that was the morning's "I ain't in Mississippi no more" moment.

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Holy shit, dogs. Back to Usenet for me.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1809254

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Arrggh. I slipped on some ice and fell on my ass just now in the parking lot. I hope I didn't fuck up my back. It doesn't hurt a lot right now, but I don't know how these things go. Might it get worse overnight?

I feel like such a geezer. At least I didn't break my hip.

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This is the best thing I've seen . . . ever. Make your own Bush speech!

Listen to mine, listen to mine, listen to mine!

(It won't let you save your speeches, but you can record them with a trial version of this nifty little program!)

p.s. -- I'd give credit for the link, but I forgot who posted it and I can't find the post! Anyway, thanks to one of youse.

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weird word for tonight: answer