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Mad Mechanics: The Funbar Disaster – Buzz’d, Bling’d & Burned Out*Written by: Emmitt Owens**Narrated by: Waylon* Waylon: “Well now, folks, let me tell you about the day a social media app called Funbar turned the Mad Mechanics shop into something resembling a teenage sleepover, complete with constant phone checking, mysterious notifications, and grown men arguing Read more
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Mad Mechanics*Written By: Emmitt Owens**As narrated by: Waylon* Waylon: “Well now, settle in folks, ’cause I got me a story that’ll curl your toes and make you question everything you know about fixin’ automobiles. This here tale’s about four of the most peculiar mechanics you ever did see, workin’ out of a garage that Read more
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Mad Mechanics and Midnight Revelations Saturday night at Chill n’Fill was buzzing with an unusual energy, the kind that comes when change is stirring in a small town. Behind me, tonight’s painting had appeared as René Magritte’s “The Treachery of Images” from 1929—that famous pipe with “This is not a pipe” written beneath it, Read more
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Unbreakable Spirits, Robin Songs, and Childhood Fears The clock had just struck ten on this Friday night at Chill n’Fill, and the weekend energy was already crackling through the air like electricity before a storm. Behind me, tonight’s painting had appeared as Norman Rockwell’s “Saying Grace” from 1951, that tender scene of a grandmother Read more
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Beef Jerky Dreams, Anthemic Aspirations, and Gaslighting Revelations Wednesday night at Chill n’Fill had that mid-week restless energy, where people stopped by seeking either practical necessities or emotional escape from their daily grind. Behind me, tonight’s painting had materialized as Norman Rockwell’s “Freedom from Want”—that iconic Thanksgiving dinner scene where prosperity and abundance radiate Read more
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Bob’s Great Hot Dog Roller Caper I arrived for my Tuesday shift at Chill n’Fill to find Bob crouched behind the counter like a surgeon preparing for the operation of a lifetime, surrounded by what appeared to be the dismantled remains of our hot dog roller. Tools I’d never seen before were spread across Read more
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Smoke Signals, Artistic Rebellion, and Hypocritical Hearts Saturday night at Chill n’Fill had that restless energy of a weekend in full swing, where people emerged from their weekly routines ready to embrace whatever chaos the night might offer. Behind me, tonight’s painting had appeared as Jackson Pollock’s “Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist)”—all those wild, Read more
