Well it looks like my spontaneous mini roadtrips may be put on temporary hold. Gas at the pop-shop across the street is - get ready…
$3.45 a gallon.

And that’s for regular unleaded. Oh, I forgot to mention - it was just $3.11 at the same pop-shop last week, and I thought that was high.
Ludicrous! [...]

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So, my horoscope for today is supposedly good. I think. Were I a car.
You are ready to reap the benefits of a lovely Jupiter-Venus quintile, whether it’s through a delightful sensual experience or a financial windfall. Your traditional key planet Jupiter is expansive and today Venus gives it the Midas touch. Sweet satisfaction is now [...]

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As reticent as I am about doing this, I’m about to expose a few relatively unknown facts about myself. Or are they?

Am an absolute militant ex-smoker. Quit 15 years ago - cold turkey!

Despise the smell of cigarettes.
On a rare occasion, love a fabulous cigar dipped in brandy in tandem with a bottle [...]

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So, I was mixing up my Friday night batch of special margaritas when I realized - shit - out of tequila.  Well, out of Patron.  I still had some Cuervo 1800 as a backup. That has been aging for about 20 years.
Okay, I’ll give it a whirl.
Know what I discovered?
Tequila does not - I repeat [...]

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