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On Dominoes

10•8•2025

I've always been a fan of all sorts of card games. Spades, Ratscrew, Jacks, and Stud are some of my favorites. However, a new game has come to my attention, and I am just enthralled by it. The name of the game is Texas 42. It's a trick taking game, one of my favorite styles, but with a twist. Instead of cards, you play with a hand of double-six dominoes. Something about the shift from cards to dominoes really tickles my fancy. (⋯)

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Cigarette Daydreams

10•5•2025

Just two weeks ago, I sparked my first cigarette. And in the time since, I've grappled with the act of feeding into the tobacco industry as a devout socialist.

This whole "first cigarette" ordeal was premeditated. I was gonna smoke the one cigarette and that would be that. The fella giving me the square said these things were the absolute cream of cancer sticks. It was an American Spirit brand cigarette fresh out of its orange, lamiated pack, and I'll be damned if that thing wasnt a pleasant experience that tingled all the senses just right. The aformentioned fella had this uncanny smile on his face that grew wider and wider with each puff I took. "You're a natural smoker" he said with an air of accomplishment (⋯)

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Popping My Blog Cherry

10•5•2025

I've been meaning to do this forever, but today's the day. At my sister's request, Eddie K. Shmookster is now a blogger... kinda. I aint gonna be telling my life story or nothing like that, but a little public journaling aint never hurt nobody. You, sir or maddame, are in for a treat. You're gonna be reading the most fabulously currated phycho ramblings about Marx, decade-old video games, humanity, bureaucracy, chronic pain, and oh-so much more on Shmookster.Neocities.org: a place of upmost beauty. Y'know, I don't even really like to write in my spare time. I alway loathed writing essays for school. (⋯)

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