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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 31m

I'm doing my best -- but this is definitely not my strong suit. :)

Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 46m

then I hit him with a left hook, that put him to sleep through his head guard. I felt really bad about it because we were sparring, not boxing, and sat with him for an hour until he regained his senses. I was slow, with terrible footwork, but my left is a sledgehammer.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 50m

That's actually really funny, because one of my best performances came when I was sparring with a long-armed heavyweight. His job was to keep me at distance, and my job was to try to slip inside where I could use my power. I got inside, hit him with a right uppercut that made him drop his arms...

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 1h

For me it was two from boxing, two from racing, and three from various misadventures. (Don't spar with fast-handed heavy weights when you're a slow-handed middleweight. Just sayin'.) ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 1h

Well done! I'm very happy to hear you're on the mend! :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 1h

Dude, I'm old, I have trashed inner ears and failing eyesight. I actually was pretty good in my day though, and I have 7 concussions to prove it (wait, that didn't come out right). ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 1h

My quality of life increased by three orders of magnitude when Misty showed up. I finally had someone to see what I saw, and talk it through. And the same was true for her. You need a pressure relief valve, and I didn't have one for 24 years. I was always the last man standing until she showed up.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 3h

One of the biggest problems I have is that the worse things get, the calmer and more rational I become. Sounds great, right? But because I don't vent the stress in real time, it's like compound interest, it just grows and grows. I'm still paying off many of those bills.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 3h

I was also a track racer though. I never push when the kids are about, but I do get a bit of fire in my eyes when I goose the old girl in second gear. I'm by no means an adrenalin junkie, but I do like to test my limits. I'm very careful about where and when though.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you Jamie -- it has been a good day all around. :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 7h

Studies in Idiotic Contradictions, Volume Motorcycle

Me in my driveway as some dudebro goes down my street at 45 mph in a 25 teeming with kids glued to their phones: Dude, way too fast!!!

Me on my motorcycle on the same street: I'll bet I can take this curve at 60.

I may have a problem.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 8h

I've said this before. None of us choose who we are, but we all choose what we do. That is the acid test of human existence. African American women have saved America a hundred times without ever receiving due credit. There are a few things that really yank my chain, and that is one of them.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 9h

nuh nuh nuh nuh, nuh nuh, nuh nuh, can't touch this! I told Misty, if you get the interview, you'll get the offer. Two interviews, two offers. She got the job of her dreams, and it is all kinds of celebration time in Savagetown. :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 10h

I was once at a jam band show (I'm a punk, not a jam band dude) and was hanging out by the speaker stacks sulking, and this beautiful young woman walked up to me and asked, "are you a cop?" True story.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 10h

My design weight is 160. I'm built to be a middleweight. I'm a long way from that still, but I'm making (slow) progress in the right direction. ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 11h

I'm not here to brag (yes I am), but I'm back into a medium tee shirt. I still have a long way to go, but screw you, standard American diet. I win this round. ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you Herre! I hope yo have a wonderful day too! :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 12h

#vss365 My brain is chaos. The list of things I haven't studied is shorter than the list of thing I have studied. My internal polylogue is constant, and I spend more time arguing with myself than with other people But give me a problem. I will define it, and I will attack it with #verve and focus.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 12h

No song ever described me more accurately. ;-)
Beautiful post. :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 14h

I did that for a bit, but now I just don't take the call. I'm too tired to torture some bastard in a call centre who's just trying to make his rent.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 15h

Every time the phone rings, if it isn't my fiance or my son, I immediately think, "oh no, who wants something from me now?" ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you Queen Bee. Rachel has been a friend of mine for a very long time, and she was the obvious choice. Misty, who is insanely detail-oriented, said, if the wedding was tomorrow, we could pull it off. So we're in good shape. I just keep bumbling my way through the chores. ;-)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 17h

English is possibly the most irregular language there is. But that irregularity gives it immense flexibility. But it is hard to learn for non-native speakers.

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 17h

Good morning from the east! Misty and I meet with our rabbi (a friend of mine for 20+ years) to go over wedding details. A southern Anglican, a western (ex) Mormon, being married by a Russian lesbian Jewish person from Queens. Because that makes perfect sense, right? Have a great day! :)

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Doc Savage @docsavage88.bsky.social · 17h

Happy Friday Nubian Queen Bee and everyone! Misty and I meet today with the woman who will marry us. I love that I, a southern ex-Anglican, and Misty, a western ex-Mormon, will be married by a Russian Jewish lesbian rabbi from NYC (a friend of mine for 20+ years). Have a great day everyone! :)

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