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Al Batt: Tote that bag or go to tote bag camp somewhere
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt The weather was close. That’s how my mother would have described it. Stifling humidity surrounded me and it ...
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Al Batt: Like men’s body spray, the fetid smell lingered
Cheap gas! I hit the brakes and swerved off the road because a gas station, long out of business, left a sign proclaiming its ancient ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: The road worked ahead and gave me some class
I was certain it was a trap to lure me out of hiding and bring me to justice for not turning in my slide rule.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 8:45 pm
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Investing my time in an NFT (Non-Fungible Tanager)
A Canada goose sounded like a car horn in need of tinkering. It was an avian tickle as I knuckled the sleep from my eyes. ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 7:04 pm
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Al Batt: Each day is a gift you can’t return; make the most of it
I didn’t have to herd cats.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: You conquered the grind, now clang the grad gong
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Angry hailstones the size of bowling balls had battered my poor car. That was not on my to-do ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Don’t even think about texting while bungee jumping
He hadn’t run amok. He’d bungeed amok.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: There’s no “Ewww” in enema
My body’s check engine light came on.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: It surely was not a morel mushroom cloud that day
That’s no way for the weather to make friends.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 8:46 pm
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Al Batt: Haute cuisine on a horse opera
I gave a collection of “Gunsmoke” TV show DVDs to a friend going through a rough patch. A rough patch is how I describe things ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 22, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: March is not the armpit of the year as it sometimes seems
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt I accomplished a great deal in the last 12 months. I got a year older. Another year of ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 15, 2022 8:45 pm
NO PAYWALL
EST/STIERNAGLE, J.
PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF FREEBORN Court File No. 24-PR-22-257 THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION Estate of James F. Stiernagle, Decedent ...
by Al Batt, Sunday, March 13, 2022 1:17 pm
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Al Batt: Be nice to everyone — you never know who’ll be on your jury
My Aunt Edith had been delicate, but she came out of that swamp onto higher ground. She died at the age of 105 years, 8 ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, March 8, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Zappa and weasels ripped my flesh but I caught a crappie
My mother wouldn’t have approved — either of weasels ripping my flesh or me searching for a magazine article carrying that title. Years earlier, it’d ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, February 8, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: A peacock doesn’t look that good wearing cargo shorts
couldn’t sneak up on us. On our farm, we had worthy watchdogs. One was a dog that doubled as a cattle dog.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, January 25, 2022 8:45 pm
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