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WAR!!!
The war against the subterranean beasts of my back yard has begun, marking an end to the previous war against the subterranean beasts in my head.  These furry little Morlocks have no right sneaking about and devouring the succulent leaves and stems of my tomato, cucumber, bean and pumpkin plants.  With the aid of an ordinary garden hose and empty 39 ounce red tin of Folger's classic roast, I flooded the little bastard out of his underground abode and caught him in the tin.  Killing the wretched wet and shaking critter seemed to cruel, so instead Kirsten and I took him for a drive in the SUV.  I played some Husker Du for the  unctuous fella and then once we found a suitable spot I released him under loudly buzzing power lines so he could begin his new life.  I know there's more than one of these tunneling rats.  I've seen at least one additional gopher poke his black beady eyes up out of a hole and survey my garden.  They think they're pretty smooth with their labyrinthine network of tunnels right beneath my feet, but I'll show them.  The next little fuck may have to be an example to all the others.  I'll put his cute eensy-weensy gopher's head on a stick in the garden, and jam his decapitated body back down one of their communal holes.  I think the message will be sounded loud and with perfect clarity of significance.  I've already began an arms race, adding a steel pole and brick to my arsenal of the Folger's can and rubber garden hose.  No mercy.  They started it.  They're just lucky they're not moles because I can't stand those ugly blind shits.  No relocation for a mole, just pummeling to a dull squishy permanganate ooze.  Onward to other news...
The script is coming along nicely and ought to be done within two weeks.  Plans to visit Wisconsin in July are still intact, but I'll need more extra work and No Cover work before my finances are shapely enough to support the sojourn.  The ax of financial annihilation hangs over my head, and sometimes it seems I just don't know how to save a damn cent.  The world of Los Angeles isn't prone to giving up much along the lines of free entertainment.  Good thing one of my hobbies is ceaseless writing.  Okay, the word "ceaseless" isn't exactly true.  Case in point right now.

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