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Cat Litter

When the Founder travelled to the Dirtlease park in northern New York recently, Mike, the manager, told him, ‘You know they are putting cat litter boxes in schools now?’ When Mike said that, the Founder was standing in a ditch next to Mike’s helper, Bob.  The three of them were digging up some ground to …

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Banned in Boson

Banned in Boston The first book to be banned in Boston was The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, written in 1650 by William Pynchon (1590-1662), a distant ancestor of Thomas Pynchon and the first European settler of Springfield, MA.  In the book, Pynchon argued that the price of atonement was obedience, rather than punishment and …

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Patient Zero

Dirtlease recently called an all-hands meeting to discuss issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in our company.  The meeting was precipitated by the delivery of a report by a team of outside consultants which said that dumbasses are over-represented on our staff.  It is not that dumbasses don’t suffer or have their stories to tell, …

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It’s Out There

When the Dirtlease COO was abducted by aliens last week, he felt cool air and saw a shadow overhead.  Thinking that the vehicle behind him wanted to pass, he rolled down his window, stuck out his hand and beckoned.  If it was the cops, he hoped that they would not see the can of Shiner …

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Root Balls

. Last week, I went up to the park to see the eclipse.  I avoided the viewing event put on by the town in the local park.  Instead, I observed it from a hunting platform a resident has set up on the undeveloped land behind the park.  On the way up to the back lot, …

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Land of Entrapment

The Dirt Lease staff recently conducted a team-building retreat in New Mexico.  When the doors to the rental car shuttle in Albuquerque airport closed and the chirpy voice intoned, ‘Welcome to New Mexico – Land of Enchantment!’, a wizened airport worker seated across from the staff said, ‘Land of Entrapment.’ Here is what we have …

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