Film Actors We Live With Who Die Film Actors We Live With Who Die Maurice began reading obits of famous people in his twenties.  Then, most died in their late sixties; now, in their early eighties.  The worst were actors he ‘knew’ for decades.  The very worst were actors he first saw as children, who…

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Shutdown Today Arnold was super frustrated by the latest Government shutdown.  Such failures only happened in his country.  The shutdowns came when the parties refused to agree on the yearly Government spending bill.  Civil servants went unpaid, projects postponed, benefits stopped.  Many citizens viewed it as a news item.  It rarely affected them directly.  A…

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Seeking The Nobel Peace Prize The new President really really wanted to be given—to him, win–the Nobel Peace Prize.  He believed it would show the world what a wonderful person he was.  Peace, after all, meant a lot more to people than science and that other stuff.  He realized it was not a sure thing,…

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Porn Nazis After the Nazis invaded a country one of their first acts was to spread pornography.  They knew there was nothing better for them than most of the captured country’s men jerking off at home.  It worked in every country except France (French men were already preoccupied.)  When the nation elected a new President,…

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Civil War The is the story of the collapse of the nation’s house.  The house was built on the ocean shore, on stilts, for the views.  It was meant to last forever.  Yet now the walls were broken and splintered, the roof leaked, the water pipes spurted, the furnace on the fritz.  No one could…

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The New President’s New Halloween The New President’s new Halloween was like no other.  In addition to young trick or treaters, he sent armed troops to major cities—not costumes, the real thing.  The troops had loaded automatic weapons and did not ask for candy (they had their own.)  It was a truly unusual Halloween, unusually…

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Making The Most Of His Life Arnold believed in making the most of his life and wished everyone felt the same.  Life was short and you got only one chance.  Any less than making the most of it was a waste.  He worked hard at his career, steadily if slowly advancing.  He helped his extended…

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Stress Angela’s work was tough.  At work, she managed people in a large corporation, responsible for their screw ups as well their failures.  It was work that ground her down no matter how hard she tried.   She brought the tension home.  Some evenings, everything her partner did was wrong, the place was filthy, the food…

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The New President’s New Army The new President had bone spurs which prevented him from being in the military, although he could still play golf, but he knew what the military should be: a glorious fighting force in his image.  So, when elected, he declared war was man’s work.  More, officers not white were promoted…

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Guns Paul grew up with guns.  Not in his home, but on he saw plenty on TV and in movies.  Guns in the hands of good guys and bad.  Handguns, automatic weapons, sniper rifles.  Paul knew what an Uzi looked like by the time he was fourteen, though he’d never seen one in real life. …

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