Joe & Gogu

I write crime novels. The raccoon takes credit for my ideas.
The good ones.

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Man’s life has three phases and they proceed in order: fiction, nonfiction, and reference. — Gogu.
Joe: Uh, G., I came up with that line about 20 years ago.
Gogu: Sure.
Joe: Oh, what the hell. It’s too much work to argue.

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@shadowesra “I wrote it. Would you mind paying for my coffee?”

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My dad said to me in my late teen years, “Why are you always laughing at everyone?”
He was wrong about "everyone."
Laughing at oneself comes later.

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Ol’ Split Oar says— A man needs a hobby. I’m getting into birding. You wouldn’t believe how birders come running for a rarity.
Working up a fake Red-throated Loon for the lake from an old decoy and gonna take photos.

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@JasPhoenix_Rise Looks like it's going to be even harder to get out of bed now, though.

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@DOPEITSDOM I'll bring a salad.

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@danadonnelly About 70. Then your drinking gets forced reasonable for health reasons. It's not happy either.

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Ol’ Split Oar says—I set up a bar at the lodge. Stumps for stools and all that rustic crap. Problem is, so far I’m the best customer.

The wife would’ve been even better for business. I named a drink after her: The Drowned Lady.

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“Behavioral synchrony”—what a bunch of pshaw, Joe. You weak-willed humans! Raccoons know themselves. — Gogu

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Funny how people in a relationship start behaving more alike over time. Psychologists call it “behavioral synchrony.”
Carla has started using ornate vocabulary that sounds a little odd out of her mouth. And my dishwashing is deteriorating towards “Costa Rican clean.”

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A friend said, “It’s all over when they stop wiping your ass.”
I'm not agreeing or disagreeing. I'll leave that to you.

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@sapphiclits Don't think of it as quitting. Think of it as establishing boundaries.

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@sapphiclits Yeah probably 30 is the cut off.

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@technicoluor Looks like a nice "Italian." I'm a little sad at the trend toward pepperoni (which is too dominant) over genoa salami.

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@technicoluor Yeah I was in the grocery just yesterday and looking at Cosmic Crisps for a buck less a pound but I thought, Nope, won't be fooled again.
Went home happy with Honey Crisps.

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@Cathyjhopkins My favorite time to write was at work. It gave me illicit energy.

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@Ava4you_ You capture the spirit of your text quite nicely.

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Carla lived for a long time in a traditional Costa Rican house—cinder block, no glass, no hot water at the sink. And stingy with the dish soap.

When she came here, she washed dishes the same way. What I called “Costa Rican clean.” Yet now I’m doing a bit of that myself.

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@danadonnelly Did you mete out an appropriate punishment?