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The Worst Bands of All Time
Look I'm not really a doomsday prepper But I really cannot stand the Red Hot Chili Peppers Before you interrupt me and tell me to hush I...
Edward Riederich
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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Healthy Eating and Hairy Chests
Carrots and cauliflower Bananas and broccoli Brussel sprouts and beets I am healthy as I eat Tomatoes and turnips Okra and onions Fuji...
Edward Riederich
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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Dot to Dot Van Gogh
In my sketching I will show you what I got But I cannot draw unless it's dot to dot Give me some pencils, give me some crayons If I had a...
Edward Riederich
Jun 30, 20241 min read
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The Deadness of a Promise
The promise of God Blurred as it seems It appears in visions It visits in dreams In that promise There is a death There is a deadness...
Edward Riederich
Jun 23, 20241 min read
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Three Feet From Gold
During the gold rush, a young man was mining for gold for months. He found no gold so he decided to quit. He sold all of his equipment to...
Edward Riederich
Jun 16, 20241 min read
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Pizza or Crossfit?
Pizza or Crossfit? One I have to miss One of them is torture And the other one is bliss One gives me muscles One makes me fat One makes...
Edward Riederich
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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I Could Name Some Names
I reminisce of some previous horrible employees at our window cleaning company I could name their names but I won't What's the point? I...
Edward Riederich
Jun 10, 20243 min read
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Biden
(To the tune of "Mother" by Pink Floyd) Biden, do you think they'll drop the bomb? Biden do you think you'll mumble on? Biden, do you...
Edward Riederich
Jun 9, 20241 min read
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22 Years
Joseph and his brothers and his father reunited after 22 long years. Pits can sometimes be part of God's plan Pits we may not always...
Edward Riederich
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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Traveling to Pennsylvania to See My Daughter at College and Passing Through Numerous Tolls and then Receiving a Ridiculous Bill in the Mail for $87 and I Never Even Got to See Gettysburg
In my Civic A 10 hour drive In autumn Through the country Rolling hills Of golden yellows Orangey reds Warm greens Through these hills I...
Edward Riederich
May 27, 20241 min read
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It Takes a Choice
It takes a choice to form a habit It takes a habit to form a rut It takes a choice to get out of it It takes a step to walk into...
Edward Riederich
May 21, 20241 min read
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The Baton
The baton has been dropped In the church and in the nation Was it the young or the old? Tell me which generation It lays there on the...
Edward Riederich
May 15, 20241 min read
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The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Interviews
Now hiring for our window cleaning company, yes I hold the golden ticket but it seems we keep giving golden tickets to anyone but Charlie...
Edward Riederich
May 12, 20242 min read
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The Pronouns of an Englishman
Fee Fi Fo Fum I hear the pronouns of an Englishman Be these alive or be these dead I like the old pronouns better instead Zee Zuz Zen Zir...
Edward Riederich
May 9, 20241 min read
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The Robin Who Could not Sing
The robin would fly and spread his wings But he had no song, he could not sing He soared and flew high into the clouds He had affirmation...
Edward Riederich
May 7, 20241 min read
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What America Could not Know
In the archives of World War 1 Is penned a story Of an African American soldier "Sergeant Henry Johnson" Nicknamed "Black Death" Theodore...
Edward Riederich
May 5, 20242 min read
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Room 303
I'm in room 302 with not much to do But in this hotel what do I smell? I'm at the Marriott and in the hall I'm smelling pot When I walk...
Edward Riederich
May 4, 20241 min read
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Give Them Bread and Circuses
"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt." Juvenal Give them bread Give them circuses Then they won't revolt In your...
Edward Riederich
May 2, 20241 min read
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At a Crossroads
At the Crossroads church in Ohio one pastor kicked a Bible across the stage during their "super bowl of preaching" series. Another pastor...
Edward Riederich
Apr 21, 20241 min read
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Seasoned Slugs
I left some carrots outside So this stray rabbit could be fed But slugs were eating the carrots When I got out of bed I said oh no you...
Edward Riederich
Apr 16, 20241 min read
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