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Rick Geissal
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Reader/writer, one-time litigator, current events aficionado, St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, romantic, have written a memoir about child abuse and resulting damage/PTSD: Damaged: A Life in 5 Parts

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I saw The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas when I was 12, with my arm on the back of the chair across the shoulders of my girlfriend, Judy Wiseman. It was terrifying ... and we loved it!
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Everyone should read less of Matt Yglesias.
December 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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There is a great, old hotel in downtown Columbus.
December 13, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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I'm in!
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing next to each other with the words `` i 'm shocked . ''
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December 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Happy Birthday, Tom!
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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I also love Rilke!
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I was at Duke, but it was so long ago it was before Coach K!
December 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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I once took the overnight bus from Mussoorie to Delhi. The highway was littered with wrecked buses. It was 33 years ago, and I recall the absurdity of the careening bus and the loud, wild music that played for the entire trip.
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
December 1, 2025 at 3:17 AM