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Own up!

  Before you read this, a quick side note. I found an old note from way back when I decided to start blogging and despite how crass it came out, it's reflective of my younger self, as well as my growth as a person. So, for better or for worse, take all of this with a grain of salt. Having said that, enjoy.......  Warning: the opening paragraphs of the following post contains rather graphic elements of an overt sexual theme, which in all fairness, is being used as a platform for an entirely different topic all together. Therefore, I urge anyone who is "sensitive" to stop reading and get out of here right now..............are you still here...........*sigh, fine, but don't say I didn't warn ya......  Among his "many accolades", Adolf Hitler was also a monumentally perverted sexual deviant. Now, I make this claim based solely, and rather regrettably, on an article that I had once read in FHM magazine, many many moons ago. I should point out that this art

What Trickles Down…

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The itsy-bitsy spider Went up the waterspout Down came the rain and Washed the spider out Out came the sun And dried up all the rain Now the itsy-bitsy spider Went up the spout again Considering recent events and the topic for this piece, a nursey rhyme is probably not the best way to start. However, it seems to be as appropriate a beginning as any. Moreover, it is, in my opinion, an apt metaphor for the current state of things. For those of you that haven’t noticed the protests, riots, looting, pandemonium and general insanity that’s been flooding the streets and all the newsfeeds, on Monday, May 25 th , an African American by the name of George Floyd was arrested outside of a deli in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to sources, an employee of the deli that Floyd has visited dispatched the police and had called for his arrest. What followed was Floyd being restrained, handcuffed and forced to the ground, chest down, where an officer was seen (and recorded) pre