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Getting (Kidney) Stoned Again

By Azel Griswold

Dec 06, 2025
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(A carefully considered compendium of contemporary commonsense concerns and [contestable] critiques crafted by an ex-California crusty curmudgeon.)

Shipping Out Soon?

Are any pirates left in Somalia, or have they all relocated to Minnesota, where the booty is easier to plunder? Seems the SS Shabaab’s Captain Tampon is heading for the shoals.

I Got Stoned (…

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