Re: OOPS, I did it again!

On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:22:14 GMT
dsi1 <[email protected]> wrote:

> chefly <[email protected]> posted:
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> > On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 12:35:11 -0500
> > Bryan Simmons <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > > On 3/31/2026 7:32 PM, Hank Rogers wrote: =20
> > > > dsi1 wrote on 3/31/2026 7:10 PM:   =20
> > > >>
> > > >> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > >> posted:  =20
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> And I'm not ashamed.=C2=A0 I had another pepperoni French bread
> > > >>> pizza today and it was as yummy as the one I had for brunch
> > > >>> on Sunday. Mmmmm-mmmm
> > > >>>
> > > >>> =F0=9F=98=8B=C2=A0=F0=9F=8D=95
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Pepperoni is also tasty shingled on top of cheese of your
> > > >>> choice before placing that slice of bread on top and making a
> > > >>> grilled cheese sandwich.
> > > >>>
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> > > >>
> > > >> You can make pizza out of most breads - even a tortilla.
> > > >>   =20
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> > > > Tojo, your tortilla pizzas are FAMOUS!
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> > > > Soon, people on da mainland will discover them, and they will
> > > > be trending.=C2=A0 Especially in montana.=C2=A0 Lots of Hiwayans th=
ere,
> > > > yoose know.  =20
> > > For some reason that reminded me of this.
> > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/178007996611
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> > Rare to find anyone who read or even recalls Brautigan.
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> > One of our most prolific hippy era writers, but a massively
> > disturbed and self-destructive man.
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> > I particularly enjoyed "The Revenge of the Lawn" and "Sombrero
> > Fallout".
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> > But the rest of his works were all stirring and highly visual.
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> > A troubled genius, but still a genius:
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> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan
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> > Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington,the only child of Bernard
> > Frederick "Ben" Brautigan Jr. (July 29, 1908 =E2=80=93 May 27, 1994), a
> > factory worker and laborer, and Lulu Mary "Mary Lou" Keho (April 7,
> > 1911 =E2=80=93 September 24, 2005), a waitress. In May 1934, eight mont=
hs
> > before Richard's birth, Bernard and Mary Lou separated.
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> > Brautigan said that he met his biological father only twice. But
> > after Richard's death, Bernard appeared to have been unaware that
> > Richard was his child, saying, "He's got the same last name, but
> > why would they wait 45 to 50 years to tell me I've got a son?"
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> > In 1938, Brautigan and his mother began living with Arthur Martin
> > Titland. The couple had a daughter, Barbara Ann, born on May 1,
> > 1939, in Tacoma. Brautigan said that he had a very traumatic
> > experience when, at age nine, his mother left him and his
> > four-year-old sister unattended in a motel room in Great Falls,
> > Montana, for two days.
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> > ...
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> > Brautigan was raised in poverty; he told his daughter stories of
> > his mother sifting rat feces out of their supply of flour before
> > making flour-and-water pancakes. Brautigan's family found it
> > difficult to obtain food, and on some occasions they did not eat
> > for days. The family lived on welfare and moved about the Pacific
> > Northwest for nine years before settling in Eugene, Oregon, in
> > August 1944.
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> > Brautigan drew on his childhood in the poems and stories that he
> > wrote from as early as the age of 12. His novel So the Wind Won't
> > Blow It All Away (1982) is loosely based on childhood events,
> > including an incident in which Brautigan accidentally shot the
> > brother of a close friend in the ear, injuring him slightly.
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> > On September 12, 1950, Brautigan enrolled at South Eugene High
> > School. He wrote for his high school newspaper, the Eugene High
> > School News. He also played on the school's basketball team. He was
> > 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall by the time of his graduation. On
> > December 19, 1952, Brautigan's first published poem, "The Light",
> > appeared in the school newspaper. Brautigan graduated with honors
> > from Eugene High School on June 9, 1953.
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> > After graduation, he moved in with his best friend Peter Webster,
> > and Peter's mother Edna Webster became a surrogate mother to
> > Brautigan. According to several accounts, Brautigan stayed with the
> > Websters for about a year before leaving for San Francisco for the
> > first time in August 1954. He returned to Oregon several times,
> > apparently for lack of money.
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> > On December 14, 1955, Brautigan was arrested for throwing a rock
> > through a police station window, supposedly to be sent to prison
> > and fed. He was arrested for disorderly conduct and fined $25. He
> > was committed to the Oregon State Hospital on December 24, 1955,
> > after police noticed patterns of erratic behavior.
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> > At the Oregon State Hospital Brautigan was diagnosed with paranoid
> > schizophrenia and clinical depression, and was treated with
> > electroconvulsive therapy 12 times. While institutionalized, he
> > began writing The God of the Martians, a manuscript of 20 very
> > short chapters totaling 600 words. The manuscript was sent to at
> > least two editors but was rejected by both, and remains
> > unpublished.(A copy of the manuscript was discovered with the
> > papers of the last of those editors, Harry Hooton, sometime after
> > 1961.
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> > On February 19, 1956, Brautigan was released from the hospital and
> > briefly lived with his mother, stepfather, and siblings in Eugene.
> > He left for San Francisco, where he would spend most of the rest of
> > his life except for periods in Tokyo and Montana.
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> > ...
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> > In 1984, at age 49, Richard Brautigan had moved to Bolinas,
> > California, where he was living alone in a large, old house that he
> > had bought with his earnings years earlier. He died of a
> > self-inflicted .44 Magnum gunshot wound to the head. His decomposed
> > body was found by David Fechheimer, a friend and private
> > investigator, on October 25, 1984. The body was found on the living
> > room floor, in front of a large window that, though shrouded by
> > trees, looked out over the Pacific Ocean. Due to the decomposition
> > of the body it is speculated that Brautigan had ended his life over
> > a month earlier, on September 16, 1984, days after talking to
> > friend Marcia Clay on the telephone (neighbors heard a loud noise
> > that Sunday while watching an NFL game). Brautigan was survived by
> > his parents, both ex-wives, and his daughter Ianthe.
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> > According to Michael Caines, writing in The Times Literary
> > Supplement, the story that Brautigan left a suicide note that
> > simply read: "Messy, isn't it?" is apocryphal. Ianthe Brautigan has
> > confirmed that her father did not leave such a message.
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> I read a couple of his books back in the 70's. However, these days,
> Trout Fishing in America reminds me of these guys.=20
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dw-ia13f72-4

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