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The End Of Your Marriage And Finding A Place For Your Stuff

I need to talk to you about your stuff. Where is it? I bet you don’t know. I bet you know where your lame stuff is, your clothes, toilet articles, shovels and rakes and that liquid that’s supposed to help you re-grow your hair. But I bet you don’t know where any of your good stuff is, like your old vinyl, those pictures of your high school girlfriend, the silver dollars your grandpa gave you, that pile of vintage Sports Illustrateds or that Davy Crockett coonskin cap you had when you were seven. You need to find a better place for your stuff, man.

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Four Damn-Good Books, A Holiday Gift

Maybe you’re looking for a good book, maybe someone on you’re shopping list would appreciate swell words on interesting topics? So here’s a bunch of good ones. I have no idea why I’ve grouped them in multiples of four, but these are all five-star books, that you’ll remember four-ever. Make sure you scroll down because there are lots of categories, things like war stories and sports and rock & roll and great Americans and the Beatles and cowboys & indians … Almost all of these reviews come with free fun facts to keep you interested, and books are a great place to meet people.

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The Noise & Sound Hall Of Fame

It’s National Which-One-Doesn’t-Fit Day, that day that comes once a year when the so-called Rock & Roll Hall of Fame pisses off the Western world by announcing it’s new members. Okay, who among the following doesn’t fit? … AC/DC, Green Day, Hank Williams, Donna Summer, Frank Zappa, N.W.A., Nat King Cole or Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five? When you try to be all things to all people, you end up with an identity crisis that makes you no one to everyone. The Rock Hall has hopelessly lost its way and at this point has no idea what it’s doing.

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