When the chips are down, help can come from surprising places. Attributes: Some people never lose their cool when it really counts. They personify what Hemingway described as grace under […]
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The Cleaner
Inspired to balance out an excellent submission from Tedpro Nothing is worse than just leaving a mess unattended. It grates on you. Makes you wash your hands like Lady Macbeth […]
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The Apiary
It was hard to decide if this was an artifact or a new, fledgling cabal. History of the Apiary Homeless wanderer of Los Angeles, California, Huggy Bear, AKA Chuck, has […]
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The Exterminator
Sometimes that sweet tooth can really make you the wrong type of enemies. I hate messes. I dislike parasites like Howard Hughes was afraid of germs. I have to clean […]
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The Bees
A down and out alcoholic finds a career where he least expected it. Huggy-Bear didn’t exactly strike me as the sort to work as an apiary. It wasn’t just that […]
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Fire, Water, Burn
An Old Booze-Hound Expires With One Last Grand Finale. I got lucky when Mackey checked out of The Bradon Manors Motor Lodge. He wasn’t the worst boozened old sod to […]
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