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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Excerpt from "After the Absolute: Real Life Adventures With a Backwoods Buddha" by David Gold
Mike was the first person to stand and deliver. He revealed the matters that brought him to this circle of people, this awkward sense of forced, social acceptance. Mike stated rather matter-of-factly that the past week was the last straw. It started with an argument with his wife, Kelsee, over his using her ash tray as a coaster for his Mountain Dew. This escalated to Mike throwing his wedding ring at Kelsee, chipping her tooth. Mike spent the night in jail, despite calling his friend, Jordan, that night to bail him out. The next day after he got off work, Jordan bailed him out and Mike came to shack up with him. On Sunday afternoon, Jordan--having grown tired of hearing his kids whining about Mike's comandeering their gaming console--took Mike to the monster truck rally. Later that afternoon, Kelsee bailed the two men out of jail and presented Mike with divorce papers.
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