We watch you fight this final battle.
As we watched you meet each challenge times before.
We marvel at such summoned strength and courage,
When the odds all say "How can he take much more?"
We know some day your struggle will be futile.
As we know how much your heart deserves a rest.
Why must
good men endure such hardship,
When their thoughts and deeds have always stood the test?
They say a man lives on with sons behind him,
And they say his legacy lives on with his name.
But parts of s…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on December 11, 2009 at 4:30pm —
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"Daddy, why did Picasso cut off his nose?"
"Katy, honey... what are you talking about?"
"My friend Marlowe, who thinks he knows everything, told me that Picasso cut off his nose and gave it to his wife because he was high on
absence--do you think that's true?"
"Katydid, first of all I think you're referring to Van Gogh... "
"The
Starry, Starry Night guy!"
"That's right, Honey, and it wasn't his nose--it was his ear, and he gave it to his harlot lover."
"HIS EAR! Gross!"
"Yes, I don…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on December 3, 2009 at 6:10pm —
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Okay, I've been standing by this crappy bridge wearing this stupid white face for three hours. I'm as popular as an albino leper and so far I've made a total of seven quarters, three dimes, and a nickel... Being a mime in Broad Ripple sucks!
"Oh look, Terry... a mime!"
"Yeah, I hate mimes--they're st…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on November 10, 2009 at 9:52pm —
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Only Westview Middle School would think to hire a naturalized Vietnamese-American named Dung Ho to teach ENL English to a bunch of Westside Latino mini-bangers... but there she was... in front of her class of future Seranos, Nortenos and Crips. An absurd scene--still, you had to admit this woman had brass
banh...
"Vincente, what IS Dean doing in the picture?"
"No comprende'"(muttered giggles).
"VINCENTE, I ask you a question... look at the picture. You will answer, now, please."
"Dean es…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on November 10, 2009 at 8:58pm —
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"Straight lines are only good for testing drunks," Dad always said. I guess the old man oughta' know--he spent
his time in the tank plenty of nights after driving home on his "rocket fuel." Those hours of waiting up with Mom till the call would come after midnight taught me one important lesson though: men…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on November 4, 2009 at 10:17pm —
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"...What's that?" she asked at the quivering sign.
"Dying bird,"
his response, "...a broken wing."
"Oh! I want it to live... I'll make it mine."
"Leave it alone--it's a natural thing.
(
Besides) Broken-wing birds should not again fly."
"But
God wants it to rise, not hobble around."
"Forge…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on October 16, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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"Okay, Morgan there you go--I capped number 32 and filled the cavity in the root... I also tightened your implant up front."
"Thankh, Doc... uh'm feelin' uh whole lot beddah..."
"You know you oughta' floss back there, Morgan--that plaque really builds up on those wisdom teeth."
"Hahhd ta reach back theh, Doc…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on October 16, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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August 2009,
Dear Mom: My thoughts today are with Robert and Leigh, two of my high school kids who have pushed the cart way ahead of the horse in their relationship. Leigh is expecting...and Robert is nervous. No way of closing that barndoor now, but I am interested in their development as a…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on September 29, 2009 at 9:00pm —
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April 17, 1999 Dear Mom,
Maria and I lost the baby today. His name was Dwight Phillip Morgan--Dwight for my little brother I never knew, and Phillip for Maria's father. He was just a little guy-only 3 lbs, but I believe he had Dad's chin. Dwight didn't get much of a chance to be loved by us, so I am commending t…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on September 8, 2009 at 11:14pm —
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"Dad! Look at that jet--it must be flying really high... it's above the moon!"
"Katy, honey that's called
parallax--an optical illusion created by our relative distances from the jet and the moon. See, I can make my hand fly above the moon too... You do realize that no aircraft flies beyond the earth's atmosphere, right honey?"
"Uh... sure I do Daddy, I was only kidding."
"Sure you were,
Katy-did!"
"Uh... Dad?"
"Yes, honey..."
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
"Katy, Of course not, you ar…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on August 25, 2009 at 11:44am —
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My old man stood behind me at the mirror,
"Ties are stupid, Dad... I look like a dork!"
"Concentrate, Morgan! Now, over, under, around, and through."
His calloused strong hands guided mine through their impossible steps.
"I'll never get it right, Dad! Who cares if…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on August 21, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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"Tell me Jasmin, just why are you in my office?"
"I ain't tellin' nothin, Mr. Morgan. I hate this school and my daddy's gonna' move me to Northside High School tomorrow, 'cause I hate this school... 'teachers are always trippin' on me!"
"But Jasmin, you must have done something...…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on August 16, 2009 at 3:01am —
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From the greatest of distance, she journeys,
Departing her own lonely heart.
The distance ahead so immeasurable,
That she scarcely survives its own start.
So the passage begins with a few timid strides
A few stumbling steps in the dark,
And it moves on to paths long forgotten,…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on August 4, 2009 at 10:28pm —
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Uncle Dallas was a filthy-minded old sex fiend.
And I loved every dirty second I spent with him as I grew up.
Exhibit A: "Uncle Dallas, did you know our neighbor Sarah Bendix when you were younger?"
"Boyyyy! Did I know her?! I knew her when she was quite the looker; of course her name wasn't Bendix then... in those days, she broke 'em!"
Exhibit B: "Uncle Dallas, I can't decide where to take my girlfriend camping."
"Take 'er to Bangor."
"Bangor Wisconsin? Bangor Michigan? or Bangor…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on August 3, 2009 at 6:11pm —
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My friend the Big D was a champ of the cheesy pick up line and a chump for any good-looking pair of legs,
e.g.:
"Honey, my name isn't Fred Flintstone, but I can sure make
your bed rock!"
Strike one...
"Hey baby, am I cute enough for you, or do I need to buy you a…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on July 23, 2009 at 12:30am —
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It wasn't much of a game--we got beat in
the Big House 63-7. In fact, the whole season so far had been... forgettable. But my biggest concern wasn't the humiliating way we played, nor the tell-tale throbbing in my right ACL.; it was how I could face my best friend and ro…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on July 20, 2009 at 7:22pm —
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"C'mon Morgan, let's see what kinda' shot you are with that new Daisy of yours... here, shoot this here finger I'm stickin' up... see if you can knock it down with that pussy BB gun of yours."
"Leave me alone, Jesse, and quit flippin' me the bird, you dumb hillbilly!"
"What's the matt…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on July 14, 2009 at 5:28pm —
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"Jamey darling, crawl to the light--just remain calm and crawl to the light."
"I can't Miss Bernie, da bouncie is eating me...yaaaaahhhhhhh!"
"Miss Bernice, you go in there and bring my son out immediately! and this is the LAST time I'm bringing Jameson to Broadview Country Club for…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on July 8, 2009 at 7:00pm —
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I wasn't in that parking lot, but somehow I'm still there.
I wasn't there to touch you like that sunlight in your hair.
But the clouds of gas still swirl around me in that warm Ohio breeze,
Division, derision and your anger... on your knees.
The blood on the pavement spills like hatre…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on June 30, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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"To affect the quality of the day... that is the highest of the arts." -from
Walden
"Daddy, I'm scared."
"It's just a little thunder and lightning, honey--nothing will harm you while I'm here with you."
"But Daddy, what if the old tree outside gets hit by the…
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Added by Dude A Bydes on June 29, 2009 at 7:37pm —
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