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2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 7

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The Denouement We sat in the exact same chairs except Mark was now seated at the other head of the table.  I had prepped Destiny on what was going to happen, so she didn’t make any wrong moves.  The only ones not in on the scheme were Eve and Bob.     Eve was being

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 6

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A Plan, A Trap, and A Scheme   Mark was laughing so hard he was choking on his beignet.  I could see puffs of white powder coming out of his nose.  It wasn’t the first time.   “And you give ME shit!”   “Hey, with me, I don’t find out they’re married until AFTER I hook up

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 5

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Dinner at the Pit Of Hell   The dining room at the Pit of Hell could give Versailles a run for its money. It was decked out in classic French Baroque style.  The chairs were wooden with gilded arms and legs and plush velvet seats. The rectangular walnut table was covered with a white

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 4

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A Date With Destiny   I spent the next two days driving all around LA looking up homeless assistance organizations.  I went from Santa Monica to Long Beach to East LA to the Valley.  It’s not just Skid Row anymore.  The few that were willing to talk to me told me that I was

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 3

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International Cooperation   The phone rang loudly in Northern Ontario.  They still had land lines.   “Hello”   “Hey man, how’s it hanging?”   “Low and to the right.  What do you want?”   “Listen, I need some help.”   He perked up.  Canadians are always up for helping.  “What kind of help?”   “I need your expert opinion on something.”   “Shoot.”   “Appropriate. How would a

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 2

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The Pitch, The Bitch, and The Wardrobe   “And what makes your daughter think there is a serial killer loose providing dead bodies for human experiments?”   There were so many questions within that question.  I waited to see how many more questions would be triggered by his response.   “Have you ever wondered how dead animals are

2026 Balls Noir Series Episode 1

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The Little Old Man from Pasadena   I was going 100 as I rounded the curve near the end of the Pasadena Freeway when I had to quickly swerve right two lanes and then left again to avoid a Honda Civic and a Toyota Prius that seemed to be having a conversation at 50

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND: CEMETERY-2

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HERE THERE BE GHOSTS   Where are we going? Oh yeah,Hollywood Forever. Fun. Is that Merle Oberon? If you can't see the ghost over Johnny's right shoulder then you and I are on a different journey. It was a cool place. Legendary for it's creepiness. Hell the band, The Misfits did a live shindig right in

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 When and how boredom sets in is still a bit of a hermetical mystery, but by god the weeks before football truly dies, (think the Owl) I find usually no later than Wednesday during the bye week the lethargy really starts to soil the mind and degrade the spirit. You

Summer of Soccer Previews: Slovenia in Euro 2024

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Back in the olden times, pre-COVID, I took advantage of BMW's European Delivery program and flew to Munich to pick up my M car and drive it through Central Europe. I went south to Austria and then southeast through Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia again, and then back to Germany to