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Lorraine Evanoff's avatar

Thanks for teaching us all a lesson, Jimmy.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

It was just a vignette in my head. If there's a lesson there I'm glad

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Lorraine Evanoff's avatar

Your stories are always ominous but never dismal. There's always a message.

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Patris's avatar

You’re trying to FlanneryO’Conner me to death, aren’t you??

Yet somehow our protagonist is still racing - in his heart - while others who aren’t paralyzed, well, may as well be.

so I m willing to like this story. I do actually. like it a lot.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I'm just telling stories. Life is not cooperating very much.

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Patris's avatar

It’s more than ‘just’. The connections you make are broader than you know. It’s the effect of a storytelling at its best.

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ZonZon's avatar

I got some stories for ya… unfortunately they’re all true stories so you can’t use them right? I think that’s against the rules of the Doom Manifesto?

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

I don't have any shortage of story ideas. That will never be the issue that ends this run.

The difficulty is that many of the ideas deserve more time than I can devote to them because I'm not making enough money on Substack.

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Carol Angel's avatar

We all want to catch air, it might not be by speeding in a car but it’s something in our ego egging us on in a direction that we know could be a danger to us somehow …but…we thank our lucky stars we can control our fascination of catching that air.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

That's absolutely true. Everyone has their " air " challenge

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C.L. Steiner's avatar

Death-by-Flannery-O’Connor… Not a bad way to go.

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Patris's avatar

I’d rather death by a …hmmm not Truman Capote… maybe Hemingway.

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C.L. Steiner's avatar

Not Cheever, certainly.

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Patris's avatar

Not Cheever or Sinclair Lewis either. Maybe Philip Roth…

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Joe's avatar

I'll read it, thank you very much.

Living is my cup of tea.

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C.L. Steiner's avatar

Well done as always.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks C.L. Gonna try to make it to 900 consecutive

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Joe's avatar

I've been the audio tech on many of the 'Every 15 Minutes' shows done at high schools.

Done a few of the Day 2 funerals, too.

As a father, it really hits.

We were all kids once and have done some stupid stuff, and thank God, got away with it.

I call it DWS - driving while stupid.

Excellent story, told from the perp's point of view.

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K.C. Knouse's avatar

I liked the way your story came full circle. Very satisfying.

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Jimmy Doom's avatar

Thanks K.C. I try to close them with some clarity and purpose

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