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Las Vegas Shooting: Paige Melanson and Don Matthews
From my notes: “LVMPD officers ordered to shut off body cam’s while reponding to shooting.” Miss Las Vegas 2016 got the chance to thank the retired firefighter who saved her, her mother, her sister and two girlfriends during the Las Vegas shooting Sunday night. She also describes how everthing unfolded for her. “My mother is…
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Vowels
Wrote all night in sleep I had no vowels to use Words with friends nightmare.
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Las Vegas Shooting: Derek Cecil
From my notes: “FBI stats show that only three crimes using an automatic weapon have been committed since 1934.” A retired Reno police officer is one of the many off-duty and former first responders who immediately sprang into action to help save strangers in Las Vegas Sunday night. The Army National Guard flight medic and…
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Whiskey, Coffee, Life
Too much whiskey last night Much too much black coffee tonight I need to get myself a life
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Las Vegas Shooting: Renee Cesario and Brendan Kelly
From my notes: “ISIS is claiming responsibilty for the Las Vegas mass shooting.” Twenty-three year old Renee Cesario describes how 21-year-old U.S. Marine Brendan Kelly saved her life in the opening moments of gunfire in Las Vegas, on Sunday night. “Brendan and I met only 2 hours before the Jason Aldean show. I left my…
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Sharks
There are sharks in this damn water But I’m the striped tiger, beyond king. Fuck with me and I’ll drown you And your progeny’s coming progeny. Perhaps I’m nothing more than drunk, Ten feet tall, bullet proof, pissed off Don’t know exactly why, but then — hey I don’t think I need a reason, do…
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Las Vegas Shooting: Taylor Benge
From my notes: “I think the reason Obama’s keeping his mouth shut is because of the ‘Bump Stock,’ police found in the shooters room, a piece of shooting equiptment he approved as president.” When Taylor Benge went to the Route 91 Festival in Las Vegas on Sunday, an agnostic. He left a Believer: “I was…
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Las Vegas Shooting: Heather Gooze
From my notes: “All but three of the 59 people killed in the mass shooting in the Las Vegas have been identified.” Survivor Heather Gooze was working as bartender when the shooting started, but she risked her life to stay at the side of the dying Jordan McIldoon. She describes the situation: “You could hear…
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Las Vegas Shooting: Big & Rich’s John Rich
From my notes: “No, the Vegas muderers’ real name isn’t in my lexicon and I refuse to ever mention it again.” Country music star John Rich, one half of the duo Big & Rich, was at a bar in Las Vegas when a gunman began murdering people at the country music festival. He reveals: “I…
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The Naked Truth
Based on a tale I heard as a child from my grandmother… Truth and Lie meet at the local swimming hole, where Lie says, “It’s a great day.” Suspicious, Truth looks at the sky before agreeing. Lie says, “The water’s nice, let’s go for a swim” Still suspicious, Truth checks the water before agreeing. They…