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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: August 2015
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Sunday, August 30, 2015. Occasionally, I'd stop at gas stations to use the bathroom or buy a water bottle. (Strange synergy there.) That gave me a sense of being working-class, my dependence on those quasi-public facilities. The restrooms are dirty and poorly maintained, because they aren't money-makers, but I still appreciated them. They made it easier to d...Maybe it's my...
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: July 2015
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Giants of Basketball Style: Lawrence "Long Socks" Moten. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Instantly, I'm thinking, "Jackpot! I accepted the fact that I would have to make the first (direct) move. But there was a young woman and her mother sitting within earshot, and I was quite self-conscious about hitting on a woman in front of such an audience. (M...That ...
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: Circumnavigation
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Saturday, August 15, 2015. My illicit detour was caused by the construction of the newest, yet-to-be-finished addition to the Mall, a flying buttress of gleaming, jet-setting sophistication branching out from the original square. Even though I'm sure I'll eventually be disgusted by the opportunities for conspicuous consumption therein, for now it looks downright perty.
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: Giants of Basketball Style: Lawrence "Long Socks" Moten
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Giants of Basketball Style: Lawrence "Long Socks" Moten. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Giants of Basketball Style: Lawrence Long Socks . I'm a product of the suburbs who jumped through all the middle-class hoops (except grad school), only to end up back where I started: my parents' house. View my complete profile.
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: Back-Breaking or Soul-Crushing
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Saturday, May 16, 2015. But even my standards seemed impossible to meet. No corporate job satisfied my moral criteria, and I couldn't land the non-profit jobs I applied for. The only viable option seemed to be working on organic farms out in the sticks, but I couldn't bring myself to leave the city. Hence the lawn-mowing and, over the winter, snow-shoveling gigs.
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: May 2015
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. The Passion of Don Draper. The end arrived right on time this past May 17th when Mad Men. Then I thought about it some more the next day and reclaimed some of my initial disappointment. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Allow me to recount the tale. Like all of Don's favorite ladies, his niece is troubled, which prompts their trip to what appea...
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: June 2015
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Thursday, June 25, 2015. Through brute strength, they have "raised the bar" (get it? For entry to the free weight area. Most people are too intimidated to venture into that "sanctum sanctorum" of physical fitness for fear of having their relative weakness exposed in public. But not this guy! So far, no one's made fun of me or kicked sand in my face and run off with my best ...
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: Delusions of Grandeur
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Wednesday, June 10, 2015. In my youth, when inspiration struck me, when it really pierced me to the heart, plunging its spear to the core of my being, I was sometimes overcome by the feeling that God was speaking through me. "I am your vessel, O Lord! I would exclaim (in my head). "Do with me what you will! But what kind of confidence is popped by the tiniest needle? Not a ...
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space: Near Misses
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Mickey's Adventures Through Time and Space. Being the chronicles of an overeducated, underemployed son of the American middle class. Thursday, July 9, 2015. Instantly, I'm thinking, "Jackpot! It's hard enough to do without the implication of assault.). The only line I could think of was the oldest one in the book: "Do you come here often? That made me especially sensitive to the presence of the other people, but, even if I'd come up with a perfect line, I doubt I would've been anymore eager to use it.
