It’s crowded in Hemingway’s today. Lots of undergrads. The $1.50 draft special is Circus Boy. I swear the staff makes these names up. They swear they don’t. On one of the flat screen TVs a young Bruce Willis and another man and woman are all strapped down sitting in chairs while an obviously psycho cop [...]
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Now that I’m trying to cut back on the beer drinking so that I won’t get another gout attack I’ve found that I’m eating more chocolate; candy bars walking to the bus stop in the morning; candy bars riding the bus while reading the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and now even sneaking Trix candy bars into the [...]
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I didn’t get as much as I was hoping for in my employment and training check which means I won’t be able to send in a rent payment on my apartment this month. This leaves me several months behind. I can only hope that when I get my social security benefits starting next month I’ll [...]
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