Author: Kevin
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Just let me stay down
This is really just me having a ramble, so don’t mind me, and apologies in advance. Recently, I felt quite down and out for a multitude of reasons. One was I physically felt like absolute shit. The mere act of breathing felt like a monumental fucking task. This is why I really do not like…
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Six Song Sunday
Dovetailing off last week, I thought I would share six more songs you may not know, or haven’t heard in a long, long time. Hopefully you’ll find something to enjoy. “Woman of 1,000 Years” – Steve Stevens’ Atomic Playboys Steve Stevens is best known as Billy Idol’s longtime collaborator. He’s the guitarist on some of…
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Happy Easter
From this gorilla to all my friends out there in WP land, my best wishes for a Happy Easter if you celebrate it. If you are traveling, stay safe and enjoy the time with friends and family. If you do not celebrate, I wish you a peaceful, restful Sunday surrounded by family and friends. And…
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Anything
What a silly question. I mean, truly. Anything can make a person unique. No two people (or gorillas) are exactly alike. Even if their DNA were identical, their likes, dislikes, quirks, habits, etc., are going to make them unique in some way. People can share similarities, of course, but they’re not going to be 100%…
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More Is Never Enough
In the dark, my hate can hide The pain I carry deep inside I medicate with whiskey burns Another pill, my stomach turns I drink all night and sleep all day I can’t survive another way My throat it burns, the taste is rough But more is never quite enough © The Beginning At Last
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Killer Like Me
No Theme Thursday *Explicit Language and Content Warning* The pain. The sweat. The mud. The blood. The screams. The limbs. The death. The flood. The booze doesn’t kill the pain. Neither do the drugs. I don’t want to be here, but I don’t want to go home either. My buddy wrote to me. He said…
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What’s in a name?
Man, I don’t know. What a silly question. Personally, I don’t sit around dreaming up shit to be named after me. Name a freaking pizza after me, I guess. Call it the Great Gorilla. Put Arrabbiata sauce, pepperoni, capocollo, and red pepper flakes on it. I want it spicy like my women. 😋
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SLDS Challenge for 04/05/24
This is my entry for Susan’s Spies, Lies & Digital Skies Challenge. This weeks’ prompt: Disguised Rendezvous in a Foreign City I chose a Budapest hotel as the setting, and set the characters to be dressed as a doorman and a maid. The early attempts: The end result: The epic fail: The Gorilla:
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Friday On My Mind
Friday on my mind but I’d just as soon forget I used to have a life but I wonder where it went Had it in my pocket but it must have fell somewhere I thought to look around but I found I didn’t care It wasn’t worth a lot no, it wasn’t worth that much…
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Comedic Timing
This question could not have come at a more inopportune time, as I currently find little humor in anything. I guess that in itself is a bit of a divine joke. To those who know me fairly well, my apologies for my lack of engagement. I truly don’t feel I have much constructive to say…
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Until That Day
No Theme Thursday *Explicit Language/Content Warning* If I wrote it down or let it out You’d walk away I have no doubt And if I let you see inside I’m sure you’d run away and hide Your fucking friendship, what a joke On platitudes I hope you choke Your hollow words they don’t mean shit…
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Day After Day On The Dock
No Theme Thursday submission. Not my best, but it’s the best I have to give right now. Sun shines on the bay, just like the Journey song Not sure if I’m right or if maybe I went wrong I hear Otis singing, I watch tides rolling away I hear her voice so clearly, it’s just…
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No Theme Thursday (03/28/24)
It’s that time again, everyone. Fresh off another hot week, we’re back for more! Please have your entries posted by 04/02/24, so that I may get them gathered up and posted for everyone to enjoy! And don’t forget to ping back. 😉 No guarantees it will work, of course, but… OK, let’s do this thing!
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Like It Was Yesterday
Ah, yes…I remember it all so clearly. Join me now, friends, as we take a journey through a portal to the past… At first I wanted to be an astronaut, but then I heard those dumb monkeys beat us to it. Then I thought being a mechanic like my dad would be kind of neat,…
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Understanding
There’s a lot of things that people don’t seem to understand, but one of the first that pops into my brainbox is manners. Common courtesy. Respect. It kind of blows my mind the amount of people that can’t even say a simple “thank you” anymore. Or how many people will let a door slam back…
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NTT Challenge: 03/21/24 Edition (Updated 03/27)
Good day, one and all! Welcome to this week’s collection of No Theme Thursday Entries: 03/21/24 Edition! Once again this week, we had a ton of entries, and I am absolutely stoked! We also have some bonus entries from WTH Wednesday, Frenzied Friday, and Over The Top Tuesday, because frankly, they are just that damned…
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The Quest For World Domination…
Begins again next week. Got the call a couple hours ago. I’ll be officially starting the new job next Tuesday. 👍 I’ll be on days for a short spell for on-boarding and training. After that, I will transition over to my normal rotation. The march to world dominance resumes! 😄
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Over the Top Tuesday (03/26/24)
Good day all! Well, Monday is officially in the books for this week. Hopefully it wasn’t too painful! Hope everyone is doing well today, and charging into it full speed ahead. If you have a No Theme Thursday entry for this week, please have it up by tonight, so that I may gather up all…
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We Have The Technology…
Little Six Million Dollar Man reference for y’all. Working in a management role of any kind means that tech has certainly impacted my job. Oftentimes, I would end up spending more time sitting on my tail in my office on virtual meetings than anything else. Now, I don’t know about y’all, but I have one…
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Agoge Update: The First Few Days
Good day, all. A brief update on the first few days of my little Agoge project. I started on Friday 03/22, as a bit of a whim. I just felt the sudden urge to take something new on. Sometimes things require a bit of thought, and other times, it’s best to just go with your…
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Total Mayhem Monday
Good day all, and welcome to a new week! A Happy Holi to all my friends celebrating in India! I hope you have a beautiful Festival of Colors! Not too much going on this side of the pond. A few errands and other assorted stuff. Going to try and give an Agoge update today if…
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Just Say No?
I’m working on it. 😄 As I’ve gone over ad nauseum in these pages before, I have a bad habit of pushing myself too far, things go off the rails, and I end up screwed. Far too many double shifts, seven day work weeks and poor sleep/nutrition make for a very unhappy gorilla. Now that…
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NTT: Stuart’s Synchronicity
Hello all, Today I had the pleasure of finding a comment on the No Theme Thursday post from Stuart at My Bipolar Perspectives of a Unipolar World. In the comment, Stuart left the below, in which he managed to tie together ALL of the images in this week’s NTT post. Not wanting this to go…
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Six Songs You May Not Know
Or haven’t heard in a really long time. I heard a few favorite songs the past couple days, and it occurred to me that they were ones that don’t get a lot of airplay anymore, or didn’t get a ton (or any!) back in the day. Just for fun, I thought I would share a…
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I have no clue…
I’ve been thinking on this one for a day or so and all I keep coming up with is… Nothing. 😄 Let me think. Well, I can’t dance, so that’s out. I’m not a ninja, either. Super secret agent? Nope. Well, there is one thing. Yep. You guessed it. I’m Batman. Do me a favor…
The Beginning At Last 