When the Flames Go Up

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Friday Flames: What do we belong to?
We definitely didn't see this coming.
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Friday Flames: Strutting and fretting our hour upon the stage
We are held captive by the tales told by an idiot. And other news about Jaws, breath, space, regret, Tetris, schawarma, and leg cramps..
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Life moves pretty fast.
Ferris Bueller's day off was 40 years ago today. (Pause for gawping disbelief.)
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More like "Back in Gray," amirite?
"The walls started shaking, the Earth was quaking, my back was aching, and we were asleep by 10."
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Friday Flames: Gumbo and gum disease
And other news about Barbra, beignets, blob planets, Band-Aids, beans, Bourbon, and bionic butlers.
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Frequent reminders of my fiftyness
How my little universe won't let me forget that my interests, tastes, needs, and peers are those of an older gentleman.
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A post that was almost never written
A change of plans that comes with extra veggies.
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What do we do when there's no There here?
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