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Minnesota #AuthorsGuild LEWIS SINCLAIR AND THE GENTLEMEN COWBOYS from CamCat Books Emmy-nominated/grant-awarded Educated in 12-student school Rode bus thru France w/retired showgirl Extra in movie Fargo Slept through London hurricane www.dmsfick.com

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · Nov 2

I wrote and animated a mashup of 70s film, Greek & Roman mythology and 60s TV hillbillies. It's not for everybody. It could use some more work.
It succeeds at what I was trying to do.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 9m

Tip of the Hat for getting the capitalization right on the band name. I wouldn't have guessed it.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 11m

Hmm. He talks about the film he thinks is his best in an Eric Lax book. Been quite a while since I read it so I may have it confused with another movie.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 20m

Katrina And The Waves won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2020.
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Home - Katrina And The Waves

Katrina And The Waves were a 1980/90s rock band built. Kimberley Rew guitarist/writer. Katrina Leskanich vocals. Best known for the 1985 hit Walking On Sunshine

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 47m

TENS is good to have on hand. A worthy unit for a ridiculously low price. Alpha-Stim is better tech for pain relief that goes beyond needing massage.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 49m

I think Allen considers this the film that most accomplished what he had in mind for it to do.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 54m

Turns out the words I sang in my head are not in this song! (Perhaps they exist in different versions.)

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 58m

If you think you'd like it, see if you can get a prescription. Helps to have a discount on the price.

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 1h

I apologize in advance if you get lots of suggestions. I do know that Alpha-Stim has helped people I know.
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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 2h

I watched this Joe Strummer doc on Pluto last night. (Make your own joke here.) Looks like you can watch it at this link as well. It's short but pretty good. Interviews with Mick and Topper. There were commercial breaks but each break was only 15-30 seconds long.
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Watch Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten for Free Online

As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. Stream...

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 2h

I don't think this is Keaton singing. I think it might be Peggy Lee.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 2h

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Diane Keaton - I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard (Reds) (1981)

YouTube video by Retrospective Soundtrack

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 2h

I worked at a cable company when Reds came to TV. Employees got all the pay services for free. I reckon I watched Reds a couple of times. The tune that plays when Keaton lives on the east coast beach just popped back into my head and I'm surprised that I know the words. Haven't heard it in ages.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 5h

Was he snoring too loud?

D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 10h

It's so perfect to lead us through all that fear for the children to bring us to her. I feel better just thinking about her. (Helps me abide.)

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 22h

I always tried to schedule these things in the morning, but late enough so that when I got out, the fast food joints had switched their grills from breakfast to burgers. I'd order the biggest nastiest burger they made, sort of in defiance.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 23h

There's also this little gem. Got good reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Foreword Reviews. I usually recommend buying from your local bookstore, but the publisher might be having issues getting books out, so consider the Ebook or audiobook formats. www.amazon.com/Lewis-Sincla...

Lewis Sinclair and the Gentlemen Cowboys

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 23h

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. Because it's short, I've read it maybe five times. It's just never a big undertaking to finish and it always rewards me.
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Vinegar Girl - Wikipedia

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 23h

Is that Elvis Costello's dad?

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 1d

Dietrich or Harris.
When that young fella on GIRLS inherits and views Colin Quinn's Barney Miller vhs recordings, I felt seen.

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 1d

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Scams targeting authors have exploded as criminals and disreputable companies seek to exploit the emotions and aspirations of writers. With AI capabilities making the scams smarter and more personaliz...

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 1d

Got a feeling that bowl's going right over Sluggo's head.

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Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 2d

Saw a man towing a pumpkin. Too many shapes and colours to ignore, so I asked if I could take photos.
“Ignore me. Just keep towing; it’s the shape of the pumpkin in the wagon I like” I explained.

He has just won first prize at the village show.
- Congratulations
- Thank you. I am very happy

Seen from behind- an enormous emergency red pumpkin sat in a metal wagon. It has a sticker with Kit Kat written on it. A man is towing the wagon down a narrow village pavement.

He had been using two hands behind him to pull, which is the composition I really wanted. But I didn’t want to get all David Hemmings and start posing him.

A photo from the side of the man - big broad smile, like he’d won the lottery - pulling his pumpkin in a trolley.

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D. M. S. Fick @dmsfick.bsky.social · 2d

Indeed! Sorta looks like it has a paw at the end of it.

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