No karaoke
Just old movies on tv
Bright Lights, Big City
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Writing haikus is great training for a flash fiction writer. Each haiku tells a story. You get in. You get out. That’s what it’s all about.
It’s around 10:30 at night and the Old Soldier has taken up his favorite position: stretched out on the sofa with two fat pillows under his weary head. The retro-movie channel is on television. I have my books on the Vietnam War, on Occupy Wall Street and on Columbus to keep me company. And there is plenty of ice water and several cans of some energy drink in the refrigerator to quench my thirst.
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No money for beer until next week. Sobriety is good discipline.
I did have my fish fry today. I ate a delicious fish sandwich and put the rest of the cooked fish in the refrigerator for another day.
I think I’ll go to bed early.
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You can’t beat that with a stick!
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Television: Cable Or Converter Box?
One of the things that my friends who do have cable constantly complain about is that they have to pay for stations that they never or hardly ever watch and the stations that carry movies play the same movies over and over again for weeks at a time.
Then there is the fact that most people who have cable are too busy living their lives and they don’t have enough time to watch enough television to get their money’s worth out of cable.
A digital TV converter box (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Old Soldier has a converter box and that’s all that he needs.
So, why do people pay for cable? I guess they don’t want to miss anything, even if they don’t have time to watch everything. And they are willing and can afford to pay big time for that option.
Now they can pay for satellite television, too.
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cable tv (Photo credit: pinprick)
Hello, people from all over the world! The Old Soldier is on duty early (6:00 am) today. The high will be only 61 degrees and partly sunny today in the City of Pittsburgh.
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