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    The Way It Is

    ATTN: BANANA PEEL BANDIT

    I just gotta ask…

    Where’s your dignity, man? Pride? Honor?

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsMay 19, 2021 ago
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    The Way It Is

    Nothing to See Here. Move Along.

    Apparently the 3,100 words were just too daunting for this guy. And maybe, just maybe, he represents the majority of us.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsApril 9, 2021 ago
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    The Way It Is

    Coffee Break

    It’s been a rocky stretch, man. A coffee break was definitely in order.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsApril 1, 2021 ago
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    The Way It Is

    “Warm Enough”

    At 5° Fahrenheit, today is downright balmy here on the Upper Great Plains. Quit yer whinging.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsFebruary 17, 2021 ago
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    The Way It Is

    Hey, 2020. Yeah, you…

    We’re leaving a shitstorm year behind. Let’s hope people are smarter in 2021 so we don’t sink even deeper.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsDecember 31, 2020 ago
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    The Way It Is

    Hope Come to Life

    Despite everything we’ve endured, hope moves us forward and we move forward with hope.
    .

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 2 yearsDecember 17, 2020 ago
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    2020: The List of Lists

    It’s the year no-one will want to remember but we’ll never be able to forget. Help me give it the kiss-off it deserves.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsDecember 3, 2020 ago
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    The Way It Is

    Bernie’s my guy…but I’ll never be a Trump enabler.

    The end of Sen. Sanders’ campaign is deeply saddening, but right now we can’t let down the people his movement is meant to help.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsApril 9, 2020 ago

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    Martin C. “Red” Fredricks IV here. I’m husband to an amazing woman who is also my best friend, dad to three outstanding kids, climate crisis warrior, environmentalist, rabble-rouser, sayer of things people don't want to hear, proud introvert and big-time reader. A ginger, too - ergo the "Red" - although some of it's going white. Cinnamon-sugar, I call it. Tattooed to boot; seven so far; like 'em or not, I don't much care.

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