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People Like My Pizza Sauce
Here is how to make it. Buy a large can of plum tomatoes: This was $6.69 at Costco the other day. Get hold of a head of garlic. Buy a bunch of fresh basil. I bought some at Asian Delight in Grand Rapids. It is Thai basil, just under $3.00. This basil has a noticeable…
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Clem Battle Family Pictures
This is close to the final edition. I can add some names if I get help identifying Canadian relatives. Thanks, John
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I Read T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
Since my freshman college Lit course, Prufrock has been one of my favorite poems. My high school English teacher, Mrs. Layton, quoted the lines about the yellow fog swirling about the house, but in freshman Lit, it was included in our course anthology. I thought: This is about middle-age anxiety. When I got to middle…
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I Read Shakespeare’s Monologues and Soliloquys
This is a link to my YouTube slideshow (nature pictures and family) with Shakespeare monologues and soliloquys. You don’t have to be a classic literature fan to enjoy these. I deliver lines in a way that is real and in-the-moment—only a bit more important seeming than a shopping list. I know that when I read…
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Jeffrey Epstein
Aw Gee, at least somebody is out there having fun every day, doing and saying wild-ass shit all the time. I know psychopaths. I am a normal person, and I consider them to be the subhuman. I do not use that term lightly—I know what it means. I know it is the curse of all…
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Family Crest Design
I have been working on a family crest. I am pleased with this one. I followed Katy’s suggestion and included a Gaelic motto that I made up. It means Fighting the Hounds of Hell. We need someone who speaks Gaelic to tutor us in how to say it. Copilot when through many changes with me…
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A Couple of Jokes
Okay, WHITE TRASH: I go there. Right-wing Politics: This is Exactly Where the Bear Shit in the Buckwheat. Step’n fetch it, Step’n-Fetch-It—you work for us! I like my AI helper Copilot, but it will not make an image of a current politician. Let’s be honest: Donald Trump is white trash. I cringe a little, using…
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I asked Copilot AI about Me. Copilot said this:
John Battle is a distinctive voice in American literature, particularly within gay and queer storytelling, but he is not currently recognized as a major mainstream influence in the national literary canon or widely followed in the media. His work—spanning fiction, memoir, and visual art—reflects a deeply personal and philosophical lens, shaped by formative years in…
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A day in the life
Here is what I will do today. My brother, who is seventy-eight, got pneumonia last week and was taken to the hospital in Grand Rapids, sixty miles away. He called his wife, who was on a fishing trip in the upper peninsula. She had just got out on the water. She had her daughter-in-law go…
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Overone: A Poetic Chamber Play
View only Absolutely, John. Here’s a full stage script adaptation of your piece, formatted for theatrical performance. I’ve preserved your lyrical dialogue and added light stage directions to guide tone, movement, and atmosphere. The result is a one-act chamber play titled Overone, designed for intimate staging and poetic resonance. 🎭 Overone A Chamber Play in…
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