FRIDAY Journal Entry, Aug 25, 2023
No, I will not be at the debate tonight. How do you know when somebody’s trying to frame you for murder?
AUG 25, 2023
How do you know when somebody’s trying to frame you for murder?
Yes, it’s true. I am trying to figure out crime drama. Podcasts like “Crime Junkie.”
This is one way I learn new stuff. I immerse myself in them.
The first time I drove to Indianapolis, I simply got lost in the city and drove around until I had figured it out, circles and all. Now cities have become far too large and dangerous to do things like that.
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I believe that everything I publish anywhere on Medium eventually shows up there on my profile page, whining and bruised, smelling like Lucky Strikes and Captain Morgan, and telling stories of being abducted while doing volunteer work at some food bank somewhere.
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