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In America, These Two Kids Would Be Dead in Five Seconds
When you’ve lived in America for over fifty years, any evidence of reasonable sanity encountered in a foreign culture can seem … foreign. Everything may…
Ashley Holt
Jan 6
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Hobby Lobbyists
I suppose it was because they were a throwback to a simpler time, these basement dwellers, these mama’s little darlings. They were veterans of the Geek…
Ashley Holt
Dec 10, 2021
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Howdy Duty
...in which Ashley tries and fails to say hello to the German people.
Ashley Holt
Feb 16, 2021
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Irony Deficiency
...in which Ashley confronts the German sense of humor
Ashley Holt
Feb 8, 2021
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My Brother Went to Heaven and All I Got Were These Lousy T-Shirts
...in which Ashley fails to cash in once again
Ashley Holt
Mar 10
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Someone's in the Kitchen with Angina
...in which Ashley just can't eat this crap
Ashley Holt
Apr 12
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"Hi, I'm Ruger"
...in which a familiar gunslinger enters the saloon
Ashley Holt
May 31
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The Sound of Violence
...in which Ashley attempts a desperate escape from noise.
Ashley Holt
Sep 6, 2021
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The Date Valentino
...in which Ashley navigates romance as a hipster nihilist
Ashley Holt
Feb 11, 2021
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A Few Beers' Resolution
... in which Ashley quits while the quittin's good
Ashley Holt
Dec 29, 2021
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I Shutter to Think
...in which Ashley feels prepared for a life on lockdown
Ashley Holt
Mar 30, 2021
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Enter the Naggin'
I had sold the tickets, served the refreshments, darkened the one-room theater, and cranked the projector to serve the latest arthouse film du jour to…
Ashley Holt
Jun 5
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