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Mad Mechanics: Gobble ‘Til You WobbleWritten by: Emmitt OwensAs narrated by: WaylonEpisode: #17(Index# 11252025) Mad Mechanics —Holiday Special Episode: Gobble ’Til You WobbleA Buzzard Roost Thanksgiving Catastrophe Waylon, Intro: “If you’ve never spent Thanksgiving in Buzzard Roost, Alabama, let me save you the trouble of pretending it’s normal. Other towns got quiet prayers over polite… Read more
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SIGNS THE DEVIL HOLDS: 1970-1990A Documentary History of American Moral PanicBy: Emmitt Owens(Index #11062025 – 11102025) ─────────────────────────────── LEGAL & FAIR USE STATEMENT ─────────────────────────────── This book is a work of documentary history and cultural commentary. It incorporates short quotations from publicly available materials for purposes of analysis, education, and historical discussion under the Fair Use provisions of… Read more
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Chill’n’FillBook 3: Episode 2Presence, Worth, and the Heart of SuccessWritten by: Emmitt Owens Tuesday night at Chill n’Fill was settling into its familiar rhythm when I looked up from restocking the candy display to see our one-eyed polar bear mascot in its latest incarnation. Bob had outdone himself this time—the bear now sported what… Read more
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Episode 3: The Great Valiant ConversionWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon* 📜 Dedication This story is dedicated to my father, Keith L. Owens Sr.,June 26th, 1957 – December 26th, 2023. Back in the summer of 1994, my dad had taken a rusted-out ol’Plymouth Valiant in a Michigan driveway and turned it into something no… Read more
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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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Gremlins in the ECUWritten by: Emmitt Owens*As narrated by: Waylon* Waylon: “Well now, gather ’round folks, ’cause I got another tale from the boys down at Mad Mechanics that’ll make you question everything you know about electrical repair. This particular adventure happened on one of them dog days when the humidity was thicker than… 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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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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