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Can I tell you something? This may be impossible for younger readers to comprehend but in days of yore when people wanted visual documentation of…
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Who's Right and What's Left?
Occasionally people bemoan the lack of civility in politics these days and pine for a time when candidates from the two major parties fought a spirited…
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Rain Man
The only thing remarkable about William Warbler was he thought he could stop the rain. Really believed it. He’d tell anyone who’d listen he could do it…
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Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy
One of the many iron-clad rules my father laid down in the Stromquist household was that my sister and I were to become cultured adults prior to…
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God Has a Few Regrets, Part 14
My Exclusive Interview with God – Doug Bercy for the Swamp Sentinel (God returns to the pool café, a bit late again) God: Sorry, Douglas. DB: No…
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Lost in Space
Can I tell you something? I was not a fan of the television show Lost in Space when I was a kid. Since that’s where I would’ve preferred to be instead…
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The Atomic Bomb
From 1963 to 1970 I attended Ainsworth Grade School high in the rarefied air of Portland’s West Hills. This venerable ivied institution was nestled…
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God Has a Few Regrets, Part 13
My Exclusive Interview with God – Doug Bercy for the Swamp Sentinal DB: I agree with you that narcissism is a big problem, G, but before we move on from…
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Nobody's Fool
Can I tell you something? I’m nobody’s fool. As regular readers of The Laughable Feast are aware, I’ve made an ass of myself on many occasions, more…
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Don't Put That in Your Mouth
Can I tell you something? I’m old enough to remember when nobody gave a shit what they ate. We did to the extent it tasted good or not – for example not…
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The Laughable Feast
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