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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #1921220

My thoughts released; a mind set free

These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations.

Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here, I release those constraints and set the artist free.

Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written.
January 13, 2026 at 8:15pm
January 13, 2026 at 8:15pm
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There's a song by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, "Tuff Enuff"; I'm sure you've heard it. I thought of this song when I sat down to eat my dinner.

My wife's at work, so it's just me and the two dogs, Max and Bellah, home to make and eat dinner. They would probably love helping me cook, but I don't think that would work out very well, so it was up to me to decide what we would eat.

I had taken a beef roast out of the freezer yesterday to thaw in the fridge. It was cut from a beef chuck, yes, the whole chuck we had purchased at the local meat store. In butchering out the meat, I had cut a six-pound roast for the weekend, anticipating company. It didn't work out because they had gotten sick, so the big roast went into the freezer.

Tonight, I decided to cut some off this roast and cook it up for dinner. I cooked some up for Max and Bellah, set it aside, and then proceeded to work on my dinner. I thought a stir-fry sounded good, so I chopped up some vegetables and sliced some beef. Soon enough, dinner was ready. I sat down and took a chunk of beef out of the medley and popped it into my mouth.

I chewed, and chewed, and then chewed some more. It was like chewing on a hunk of rubber. I couldn't get it to break down and had to spit it out. Everything else was good, but the beef was so tough I couldn't eat it. Of course, the dogs didn't care. I don't think they chew half of what they eat.

As I stated, as I sat there chewing and knawing on that beef, "Tuff Enuff" popped into my head.




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