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The plan was simply to age gracefully. Pick up some grey in the beard, cement the paunch, get some laugh lines and join a rec league softball team. Drink less beer and more Scotch, eat earlier and get to bed at a Christian time. Find the right lady, sock away a couple of bucks for…

Want to hear a monster story? I was at Petco this fine Halloween afternoon buying dog food for Sunflower. Sunflower, as we know, is the new puppy that Erin loves and the Labrador mix that ate my glasses yesterday. For those that wearing corrective lens, when you’re forced to wear your old pair with the…

I begged for the tennis ball to stop before going into the street. Driving Friday evening on 500 East, I passed 600 South when from the corner of my right eye I saw the ball leave the man’s hand. He had thrown a tennis ball for his waiting black lab. The yard was hidden from the street…

4-0. That’s better than any team in the NFL right now. Considering week 4 doesn’t start till Thursday, I doubt the Cincinnati Bengals will match my record against Patriots on Sunday. Except for the fact that Bonanza High’s mascot was a Bengal and having never enjoyed anything from Cincinnati except Lori Anderson when I was…

I nearly killed a man on Friday. Driving home from Keys On Main, I swerved out of the way on 700 East and 1300 South as a skateboarder darted in front of me. He was dressed in all black and elected to run the light. Slamming the breaks with both feet, my truck’s brakes locked…