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Sherman Alexie's avatar

When I read about your writer life, Blake, I feel jealous because of your adventures but then you sometimes socialize with terrible people, i.e. writers, and I remember why approximately 90% of my closest friends are not writers.

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Muttley Macclad's avatar

Ugh, the smug self-righteousness of all of the idiots around you would drive me bonkers. There's a microcosm of that in Viroqua but as it's in the circle of old men with whom I hang out I just shut them down with a few pointed questions. There is absolutely no point debating me. I will win every time because they're not used to someone mentally armed for battle.

Otherwise I have like four buddies (and one's girlfriend - very nice person!) with whom I socialize. That's it. And I'm out in the middle of nowhere and right now, it's dead silent except crickets and my dog's snoring.

Despite my brutal health issues, shee-it, they ain't nothin' but a thang!, it's a good life.

I had a girlfriend like the one you dealt with - self-centered, narcissistic, promiscuous, secretive - yep! The real meal deal right there!

YOu do paint a vividly accurate picture of life in that neck'o'the woods. I didn't know about the promiscuous ex-chickie. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Sheesh!

Great article as always Blake!

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