Scranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery

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"the lesser of multiple evils..."
Facebook is my social media app of choice. It seems the lesser of multiple evils. I have a Twitter/X account but never post anything over there because…
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Everybody is on everybody else’s last nerve...
A friend of mine mentioned the other day that things just seem….well…..OFF lately. He couldn’t really explain what he meant, but I agreed with him…
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Get well soon, Boss....(pt II)
Part 1 was here. When we last spoke, Born in the USA was about to drop, and shit was about to get weird. The first time I heard it was at a crowded…
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"A meanness in this world..."
So I asked my friend and fellow substacker Serge Bielanko if me and him should/could write dueling essays on Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska. Serge used to…
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Climate Change and Bigfoot
Saturday night was wild in these parts. For the second day/night in a row savage storms popped up, but this time they drilled down into specific areas…
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Get well soon, Boss....(pt I)
Free column today. Pt II coming next week, so maybe you’d like to become a paid subscriber? I can’t do this without your support, and appreciate it very…
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Train Kept a Rollin'
I just found out that Aerosmith has embarked on the now fairly ubiquitous “farewell tour”. I thought they had done this already, but a quick check…
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Scranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery
Scranton Time - bits and pieces from Tom Flannery
reflections on current events / culture / music / everything in between - from the birthplace of The Office and the POTUS
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