http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog The Les Becker Blog: Writer (fiction, non-fiction, story-telling, memories, screenplays, radioplays, lyrics, ghost-writing, magazine articles, tourism and event promotion) and amateur photographer from Northern Ontario. Looking to escape Northern Ontario. Rescue me. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/03/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-i/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/03/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-i/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:53:59 +0000 Les http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/03/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-i/ Part I – The Waitress In 1957, Ruby was a 30-something waitress/barmaid/short-order cook in an out-of-the-way “backwoods” tavern down a side road off Highway 17 in the Algoma District. She was also the bookkeeper, the housekeeping staff and the bouncer, although she didn’t get paid for those tasks – there was just no one else [...]]]> http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/03/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-i/feed/ 10 http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/10/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-ii/ http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/10/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-ii/#comments Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:00:44 +0000 Les drinking gamefictionstory-tellerwhiskeywriting http://lesbecker.com/LesBlog/2007/06/10/the-waitress-the-whiskey-and-the-handcuffs-part-ii/ In case you missed it: Part I – The Waitress Word to the Wise: I strongly suggest waiting to read this if you’re about to eat, just ate, or, ulp, are in the process of eating – especially if it involves eggs; or in Suzi’s case – aigs. 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]]> Waste Not, Want NotTaken September 22, 2008 with Canon PowerShot A550 I think it’s time to quit dreaming and start doing. I’ve already wasted too much of my time.Ruby needed to know the date the other day, and that’s how she asked it: “This is the what’th of September…?” It struck me [...]

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]]> clipped from www.tampabay.com Vehicles strike her house 7 times in 11 years By Kim Wilmath, Times Staff Writer In print: Thursday, September 18, 2008 Virginia Zinn’s St. Petersburg home is built directly on Ninth Place S in Campbell Park. The house has been struck several times in the 11 years she has lived there. Wednesday morning, a [...]

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]]> ….or the freaky-deaky horrorish one about the ancient witchy broad who can control the weather and turn people into sand when she’s pissed at them…?I don’t know whom to credit for this fabulousness, but I “stumbled” upon it HERE. Shame I can’t get much of anything else out of the site… I’ve been busy, [...]

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