K. L. Shipley
/ GreyThoughts.InfoDad and I were more alike…
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…but our children inherit our genes. Genes don't die. Genes are immortal in the same way computer chips are immortal. Flesh and bone turn to dust; genes turn to the next host…
By K. L Shipley
Classics are redeemed…
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… come and go. Good stays the same. I learned this wisdom from a man who fled his native Romania after the communists took over. His name was…
By K. L. Shipley
Benny was a nobody, a nearly…
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…Benny had ever been a Jew, it must’a been a long time ago. Now he’s just a nickel & dime crook, the kind’a guy Chandler would’a called a street punk. Benny looked out for Benny…
By K. L. Shipley
I wonder how much of…
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…name was Judy, I think. Don’t remember her last name. She walked in off-the-street looking for a job - just out of high school - with no experience and no particular skill. She was plain, short, a bit of a pudge, and completely…
By K. L. Shipley
The awesome prowess …
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…notice of Achilles came when I was very young. I had only to reach behind my head to the bookcase that also served as headboard. The encyclopedias of Funk & Wagnalls stretched the length of the shelf. Sometime around third grade…
By K. L. Shipley
Without Mom, none…
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… matter what stupid, savage, or silly thing you do, your mother will love you anyway. People say their pets love them unconditionally; mothers really do. They’re special, none like them. They are a universal…
By K. L. Shipley