beefing

you crafty bastard

Cold Turkey

On “Cold Turkey”: “The cruelty of this method beggars description. Tongue cannot describe nor pen portray its horrors.”

“The General Practitioner As A Specialist”: A Treatise Devoted To The Consideration Of Medical Specialties", 1904

J.D. Albright M.D.

crystal at T-School

Name of the book: part of 2022 novel

          Author:  M.W Bell
    Type of book:  Fantasy

“Be afraid of an old man in a field where most die young."

@”So you’re the Crystal, Son of Plait and Emerald that I have heard so much about.”

@”Yes, Elder Phoebus, I am.”

@”We are going to see what you can do. Come with me. You can train with your Companion part of the time but must train separately the rest of the time. Why would

@”A person with a dog as big as Caleb would be noticed and remembered but you alone would be simply described as ‘young and slender’ and not described as dangerous. Enjoy this luxury as long as you can young one.

@”I’m told you have some training. Could you walk over to that man and pick his pocket?”

@”I’d like to say I could but I expect is waiting for my attempt.”

@Crystal wandered close to Eldrer Phoebus and smoothly attempted to pick his pocket. He got the Elder’s pocke knife and eased away. He turned to look at the Elder. Elder Phoebus was smiling and wolf laughing silently.

@”That was a nice attempt young one but I have had my pocket picked for decades. I simply know when it is happening. Now, try on that woman with the cloak.”

@Crystal remembered being taught “work with what you have not what you wish you had!” Crystal used his mind talking to ask Caleb to walk in front of that Lady and act cute, Caleb was all too eager to do so!

@Crystal wondered past the woman and took a bag of coins from her cloak’s pocket. She hones

tly did

not notice the thieft.

@”Now, put it back,” Elder Phoebus ordered.

@Crystal simply could not make the approach. So he back tracked behind her and dropped the bag on the ground, Then he went past her and asked Caleb to bark.

@She asked Crystal “why is your puppy barking?”

@”He thinks there are Squirels everywhere. He hates Squirels for some reason. Well?”

@Caleb came back with her bag in his mouth.

@”That is not a squirrel!”

@She took her bag and said “I don’t know how this fell out of my pocket, Thank you little fellow!” She kissed Caleb on the forehead and left.

@Elder Phoebus said “you clearly could tell returning the bag was impossible and used your dog to effect the return. Well done!”

@Crystal beamed and Caleb wagged his tail. Later the Lady told Elder Phoebus “he made a smooth pocket pick when he dog distracted me. I did not expect his dog to bring back the bag. He is a poor excuse for a thief, He was wide open to losing what ever he was carrying.”

@”I know,” Elder Phoebus said.

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Dec 23 1883

"The Republican Party, while it is wicked and corrupt, is not an assemblage of fools, and while there may be, and doubtlessly are, many foolish and stupid men who put themselves forward as leaders, the mass of voters in all sections of this country are tolerably sensible people."

Dodge City Democrat December 23, 1883

This sounds like things have not changed since then, although I do wonder about the "assemblage of fools"; I suspect modern republicans are.