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At the Pyramid (Blogophilia 31.6, Part 4 of the 1st 48 parody)

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Thirty Six hours into the 1st 48, Sgts. Farthing and Sullens are no closer to closing the homicide case of Ronald Duck, found in a heap on Beale St. Sullens puts in a call to Lt. Slezak, head of the Vice squad, asking if he was aware of anyone fitting the description of the suspect. They do a check in the records and come up with a couple of possible suspects.  One of them goes by the street name Age.  He's known to spend time in blues clubs and in the casinos down in Mississippi. Sullens looks him up in the database. Christopher Mitchell, also known as A.G.E. is a former government employee with prior misdemeanor convictions for shoplifting adult toys and solicitation.  Originally from Georgia, he has been in the Memphis are for the last several years, drifting in and out of homelessness.   Slezak provides Sullens with the last known address.  "There's the Big Bad Wolf. Hmmm.....Active warrants for Lewd Behavior.  Oh, he drives a taxi....

Talk Show (Blogophilia 20.6)

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....and welcome back. [Host grabs a sip from the mug on the desk.] Our next guest is very special and well known to our studio audience.  Please welcome Another Government Employee!   [He bounds out from behind the curtain.  The audience bursts out in applause] Good to see you again, AGE. [Shaking hands and offering the first seat on the couch] Same to you, Chris. It's been a while since you have been on the program.  Anything fascinating in the Master of the Universe's world? Well, as you know, I really am a fraud these days.  I left Government Service a while back... [audience hoots and hollers] ...to regain my sanity [more hoots] . Yeah, Yeah, I know.  Like THAT would ever happen...  And now I work along the regular Proles doing pretty much the same work as before.  And I get paid better for it. I'm sure that was kind of a culture shock, not worrying about the next call. Not as much as I thought, Chris. You know, I found I ...