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Pugilistic-19
During the past two weeks of the current, ah, crisis, I’ve been able to work from home quite a bit, and am grateful that I haven’t been laid off. One of the fringe benefits of working at home has been getting to spend a lot of time with our dog Jinx. I can take a break any time I want, and usually my breaks include going outside to romp or walk with the spotted menace. Even though Jinx is mostly red heeler, I enjoy telling him regularly that his spots can be traced to disreputable Dalmatian genes. I also like advising him that it’s only an act of deliberate magnanimity…
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Make The Man
I believe it was in the fall of 1984 when I visited Savannah, Georgia for the first time. I went with three other Marines to explore the old city. We were stationed at Parris Island and I was the only one in our quartet who was not a Drill Instructor. The four of us decided to take weekend liberty and check out the storied cemeteries and streets and pubs. I wanted to prowl through a city I’d heard so much about, and they wanted to be away from the bumbling mobs known as recruits. Two of my buddies were off that Friday, but one of them was still “on the…