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Al Batt: What did you learn or forget during school today?

I knew it was coming. It was an after-school special. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 30, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: You can look at an eagle for a long time

“Which is better, one or two?”  I wasn’t a jam judge at the county fair. I was having an eye exam. The optometrist asked me repeatedly ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: By jingles, Oscar, Tony says they’re grrrrrrrrrreat!

I live near a phone. Just as most everyone does. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 16, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: The fair is where any problem can be solved with onion rings

It’s too hot, too humid, too rainy, too cramped.  Too bad. Like moths to a lightbulb, we are drawn to it. It’s the local equivalent of ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 9, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Pickleball-playing pioneers found no place to practice on the prairie

They discovered the dried remains of a long-dead bird in a keepsake box. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, August 2, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Would you like some flies with your toilet paper?

Fortunately, there is an improvisation exercise using fortunately/unfortunately stories. Participants take turns articulating one sentence at a time in a build-upon story chain. Each sentence ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Tote that bag or go to tote bag camp somewhere

Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt The weather was close.  That’s how my mother would have described it. Stifling humidity surrounded me and it ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 12, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Like men’s body spray, the fetid smell lingered

Cheap gas! I hit the brakes and swerved off the road because a gas station, long out of business, left a sign proclaiming its ancient ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, July 5, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: The road worked ahead and gave me some class

 I was certain it was a trap to lure me out of hiding and bring me to justice for not turning in my slide rule. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 28, 2022 8:45 pm

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Investing my time in an NFT (Non-Fungible Tanager)

A Canada goose sounded like a car horn in need of tinkering. It was an avian tickle as I knuckled the sleep from my eyes. ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, June 14, 2022 7:04 pm

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Al Batt: Each day is a gift you can’t return; make the most of it

I didn’t have to herd cats. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 31, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: You conquered the grind, now clang the grad gong 

Tales from Exit 22 by Al Batt Angry hailstones the size of bowling balls had battered my poor car. That was not on my to-do ... Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 24, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: Don’t even think about texting while bungee jumping

He hadn’t run amok. He’d bungeed amok. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, May 10, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: There’s no “Ewww” in enema

My body’s check engine light came on. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 19, 2022 8:45 pm

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Al Batt: It surely was not a morel mushroom cloud that day

That’s no way for the weather to make friends. Read more

by Al Batt, Tuesday, April 5, 2022 8:46 pm

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