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On Monday June 4th at 11 pm I'm loose from AAA Dispatch and it's a 15 minute drive home to dreary Fairborn where my dog Onyx always looks out the living room window when he hears the car pull in the driveway. We rent our home on the corner next to a Dairy Mart (with a field in between) that gets robbed twice a year. They overcharge for candy bars (79 cents) but the family owners are friendly enough.

Now I'm in pre-birthday blues. Spoiler warnings: Shallowness ahead.
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June

So softly swishes leafy trees of summer
as the gentle breeze caresses the green.
the heat of june shows misty horizons haze,
a blanket for lovers lying lazily in the shade.
Daisies sway and dance a union with blades of grass,
the birds above sing melodies of warm heart filled bliss.



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I swear I live in the Twilight Zone.

First, the phone rings and I, thinking it is a telemarketer (they're the only ones that ever call me), answer with a curt "Hello". The woman on the other end says "Hi, I'm a recruiter for Said Technology Agency and we came across your resume."

Initially I am shocked (an employer other than Walmart who is interested in me); then I want to (as Dostoevsky says) "melt into the earth" from shame.
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This is a traditional Irish song that i really loved.It is about Grace O' Malley (grainne Mhaol) the Pirate Queen of Ireland. It is sometimes classed as a rebal song because it was sung durning the 1916 rising. Some of the somg originates from the time of Elizabeth 1, which means it was sung when Grainne was alive. One of the verses, which one i'm not sure, was added by Padraig Pierce before 1916.
I'll give you the Irish and English translation.(Public Domain)
Hope you like it!(I'm ...

Well I decided to go to my doctor this morning after waking up feeling rather pooy and sore eye.My chest hurt, my nose was running, my head felt stuffy and my throat felt like someone was scrapping claws on it.
So i went to my doctor and got checked up and as it turned out i had an upper respiratory infection. caused by a virus so is contageous and easily passed on. (and some icky blisthers on my throat.) I was given a perscription and a note for work to cover sick leave till tuesday. ...