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Al Batt: I heard a muffled cackle at St. Aidan Cemetery
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Joe was dying. But he got over it. The report of his imminent demise had been greatly exaggerated. ...
Al, Author at Albert Lea Tribune
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Al Batt: Waiting into a river of proliferating procrastinators
“The Foolish Almanak For Anuthur Year” by Theodor Rosyfelt published in 1906, said, “It is said that nothing is impossible; but there are lots of ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 15, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Never gamble more than your beneficiaries can lose
I’m not against gambling. I’ve purchased raffle tickets for good causes, entered a couple of March Madness pools and eaten my cooking. I was in ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 8, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: This is not a bunch of dried Bullwinkle for this contest
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt A cow chip is no chocolate chip. I don’t see many cow chip cookies where I hang out. ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, November 1, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Feel free to sing along even if you’re not in the shower
“You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometime you’ll find. You get what you need.”
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: A Bigfoot saw me but nobody believes him
My name is Batt. I’m a private investigator.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 18, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: He didn’t know but he came here to sic ‘em
I’m trapped between two oceans. I often travel by automobile and when I do, I’m partial to roads. There is public transportation here, but only so ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: The vexatious fly nailed the screen test that time
It was the time of the screen door slams. I was trying to spell Czechoslovakia. I’d found a lucky rock and put it in my pocket ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 27, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: I can’t part with my emotional support clutter
I can summarize the book in a single sentence. Get rid of things that no longer have a purpose or spark joy and keep only ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: We take odd things and make them our things
Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Why are the cardinals the last birds to leave the bird feeders at the end of the day? ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, September 6, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: What did you learn or forget during school today?
I knew it was coming. It was an after-school special.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: You can look at an eagle for a long time
“Which is better, one or two?” I wasn’t a jam judge at the county fair. I was having an eye exam. The optometrist asked me repeatedly ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: By jingles, Oscar, Tony says they’re grrrrrrrrrreat!
I live near a phone. Just as most everyone does.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: The fair is where any problem can be solved with onion rings
It’s too hot, too humid, too rainy, too cramped. Too bad. Like moths to a lightbulb, we are drawn to it. It’s the local equivalent of ...
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 8:45 pm
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Al Batt: Pickleball-playing pioneers found no place to practice on the prairie
They discovered the dried remains of a long-dead bird in a keepsake box.
by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 2, 2022 8:45 pm
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