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by Charley James
When I was a kid in Milwaukee, there was a guy who walked up and down Wisconsin Ave., the main drag, wearing a sandwich board proclaiming, “Repent! The End Is Near.”
Of course, he meant his warning in a “come to Jesus now” sort of way. But if the fellow is still alive, I [...]
Play at home, amuse your friends. In the true spirit of March Madness brackets destroyed yesterday by Villanova and Kansas. Here is something to replace it.
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