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When Sheep Don’t Bring You Joy – DPChallenge

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

This is a fast story today for the Weekly Writing DPChallenge – the Best Medicine Some of you might have seen this before – and if you have – you can relive the memories with me again. For those that are … Continue reading →

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When Sheep Don’t Bring You Joy

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

Originally posted on The Mercenary Researcher:
I wrote this in 40 minutes before work at 5AM – please excuse any offensive uses or misuses of grammar.  mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. That Catholic upbringing was good for something,…

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The Search Term Post

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

Can you believe that just a few months ago I was kvetching to Speaker7 & Tracy Fulks about my lack of ‘search term’ profanities to share? Well, to be honest, I didn’t have any search terms to share much less profane ones.  I’d … Continue reading →

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SHEEP UPDATE! SHEEP UPDATE!

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

In a STUNNING display of Google-working, astute researcher, Edward-Not-Harry-Hotspur uncovered interesting information which led to the conclusion of the Saint Kitts & Nevis conundrum. The island of Saint Kitts has a VETERINARIAN SCHOOL. And they do things with sheep there. So very likely it was … Continue reading →

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Two Scenarios: from the Mind of a Writer from and the Mind of a Librarian

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

Which is my mind, of course… I’m in two minds about most things… So this is a fun fast story. I was surprised when I viewed my stats for the 456th time yesterday and saw that I was up 200% … Continue reading →

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5AM – A Special Kind of Crazy

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

Ah – 5Am on a Monday morning is a special kind of feeling. Thunder rumbling overhead, storms on the horizon. It’s cooler now, a little calm before the storm. I’m at Circle K getting my Monday 99 cent coffee on … Continue reading →

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When Sheep Don’t Bring You Joy

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher

I wrote this in 40 minutes before work at 5AM – please excuse any offensive uses or misuses of grammar.  mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa. That Catholic upbringing was good for something, eh? We moved out to Tucson, … Continue reading →

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