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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “Wild Waves”
7/26/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Wild Waves” Chapter 58 By Bruce Williams My sister-in-law Sue invited us to Wild Waves—the region’s foremost water park—to commemorate my brother-in-law’s first birthday since his passing last year. She had us outfitted with two cabanas—one generously provided for us Williamses while all the young adults and their friends…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “My Favorite Shirt”
7/19/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “My Favorite Shirt” Chapter 57 By Bruce Williams My favorite shirt is currently a salmon-colored polo by Bugatchi. It has blue, polka-dotted trim at the collar and fits just perfectly. I’ve only worn it twice so far, but I’ve received numerous compliments about the way its bright color contrasts…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “Zeitgeist”
7/12/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Zeitgeist” Chapter 56 By Bruce Williams zeit·geist/ˈtsītˌɡīst,ˈzītˌɡīst/ noun the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. “the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s” I was contemplating what the most defining element of our current…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “Ka-BOOM”
7/5/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Ka-BOOM” Chapter 55 By Bruce Williams My obsession with fireworks began as a kid—the first time I saw my grandma’s neighbor foolishly drop an M-80 into a paint can and viewed the shrapnel afterward that had gone with the big boom. And not the Safe and Sane variety…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “Those Dogs”
6/28/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Those Dogs” Chapter 54 By Bruce Williams I’ve waited a couple of months to talk about our new dogs so I could get to know their personalities a little bit better—Mavis (named after the girl from Hotel Transylvania), a Snorkie (Schnauzer/Yorkie mix) we got from an old friend from…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “The Lower Half of your Face”
6/21/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “The Lower Half of your Face” Chapter 53 By Bruce Williams So I took the mask off at work—finally. We were given the okay from all dictums, and so off it came without drumroll or flourish. I would imagine it was as liberating as a woman’s late-evening bra removal,…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “Customer Service”
6/14/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “Customer Service” Chapter 52 By Bruce Williams A woman called in to work this week asking to speak to a (non-present) manager about a sudden problem with her husband’s three-year old suit. Apparently, a spontaneous hole had appeared in the fabric, and as that was a form of…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “On Privacy”
6/6/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “On Privacy” Chapter 51 By Bruce Williams Judging by my ‘tween daughter’s over-the-top reactions and obvious mortification this week, I believe she cracked the door open an inch or so looking for us while her mother and I were under the covers in the throes of coitus rapturous. Neither…
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Semi-Pro Soccer Round-Up 6/6/21
All three of Washington’s local semi-pro leagues were in action this weekend. The Evergreen Premier League (EPLWA) played out their second match week of the season. Yakima United 6, Vancouver Victory 1 Hector Valdovinos came off the bench in the 68th minute and scored a second half hat trick to lead Yakima United to…
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Column: “That Got Me to Thinkin’…?” “What Goes Unsaid”
5/31/2021 “That Got Me To Thinkin’…?” “What Goes Unsaid” Chapter 50 By Bruce Williams ***Editor’s note: Congratulations to Bruce Williams for Chapter 50 of “That Got me to Thinkin’”. When we asked Bruce to write a column it was originally supposed to focus on sports or sports related topics and we quickly found that Bruce…
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