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Social Math — UK

Posted on May 9, 2018 by JMN

This is a vulgar problem, but posed for the common good. Sir Alistair Chichester’s butler Wadsworth filches petty change from his master’s shooting jacket upon a return from the foxes. It has been established herein-prior that Gerry Rattigan, the proprietor … Continue reading →

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Didactic Doggerel

Posted on May 8, 2018 by JMN

The Drunken Forest Oh my! I think that I shall never see A sight as silly as a tipsy tree. The only sight that’s funnier so far? A forest that looks like it closed the bar. If you think that’s … Continue reading →

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This Is Stag Country

Posted on May 6, 2018 by JMN

Alabaster Lafferty was a Van Dam, taught in the old grammar school that stood where the Saddlebag used to stand, caddycorner to where the Sno-Cone was. Rondorian courted her for nine years. His daddy Nicodemus married them. Octavia Burwell said … Continue reading →

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This Is Stag Country

Posted on May 3, 2018 by JMN

Bubbles Ketchum was raised in Mott, cheer-led for the Mohicans, moved here when she had little Madison — cute as a bug. Madison has been a standout for Lady Stags volleyball since eighth grade. Grady Marlow swore Madison wasn’t his … Continue reading →

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Minor Pentatonic Scale (1) [7-6-2012]

Posted on May 2, 2018 by JMN

(a) I’ve adapted the above “box pattern” graphics from “Fretboard Knowledge for the Contemporary Guitarist,” Vivian Clement (Alfred Publishing Co., 2003), p. 11. I’ve put note names where the book’s originals have black dots. I do so fully realizing that … Continue reading →

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This Is Stag Country

Posted on May 1, 2018 by JMN

Arden Lutz was one of the honchos behind the development west of town. He and Bo Dunaway and Wink Hufstetler bought the old Decatur farm that runs along Soledad Creek. They chopped it into three-quarter-acre lots and sold “creekside vistas” … Continue reading →

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Social Math — UK

Posted on April 29, 2018 by JMN

Gerry Rattigan is the publican who operates the Thane of Thoth, the watering hole popular among the better sort of denizens of Chichesterton-Upon-Hogg — though, to be sure, it’s also the only such establishment in the village. Gerry customarily nicks … Continue reading →

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Didactic Doggerel

Posted on April 29, 2018 by JMN

The Smallest Black Hole You wonder what you’d find in a black hole? Your other sock? A dime? A baby mole? I’ll tell you where you will find none of those: In Cygnus X-1 only darkness shows. A star one … Continue reading →

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Idle Doggerel

Posted on April 29, 2018 by JMN

Drawn and Quartered “Everything was everywhere.” (Joplin, MO tornado survivor) It was as if Mother Nature Had thrown the town under a train. It skidded hard for good measure, Smearing acreage with guts and brain. Uncle Alvin would do a … Continue reading →

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This Is Stag Country

Posted on April 26, 2018 by JMN

Lamont Ledbetter buys the jerseys for the Birch Sidewinders every year. Well, not him personally, but the Stockmen’s Bank over in Birch where he’s president. We’ll play Birch at homecoming. Tuck Ledbetter is a starting corner back for the Sidewinders, … Continue reading →

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