Education
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The Dumbest Job I Ever Did (so far)
I’m at a loss to start this post. I suppose I should simply explain the situation. While waiting to score a full-time job (thank you, sequestration politicians), I signed on… Read more.
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‘Trading Places’ revisited
After reading this piece, all I could think of was some lines from the beginning of Trading Places. Randolph Duke: That man is a product of a poor environment. There’s nothing… Read more.
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Encouraging Adults to Play with Stuffed Animals
It’s been a long week at the ‘not quite’ Hombre Hacienda. Over a week of substitute teaching high school, a couple evenings stocking shelves at the local store of departments,… Read more.
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What For the Grammys?
Just got home after stocking shelves at the department store. Two nights in a row, #customers basically #slobbered through the aisles. If you pick up an item to examine it… Read more.
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BMOI (Big Mouth On Internet)
The magic of blogging comes from the freedom of anonymity to write whatever comes to our silly homo-sapient minds. We derive individual pleasure, or at least satisfaction, when we publish… Read more.
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The Sacrificed (Writer’s) Muse
I would like to claim that most of my manuscripts are well on their way to completion. The ideas are there; some have chapters, some have character outlines. But nothing… Read more.
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And Then the Supreme Court Hands Me More Ammunition
I started my effort on this posting a week or so ago. I got despondent, bored, whatever – the powers that be will find a way around an issue to… Read more.
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Guest Appearance
I’ve received notice that I don’t have pictures on this blog. Not for want, of course. Just that the stuff I link to already have the pics. So, the last… Read more.
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Internet Education
This article on ‘MOOC’s (massively open online courses) peaked my interest. First, because I did an undergrad paper about the possibilities of online learning. Second, a later course I took… Read more.
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Calumny, Redirection, Aspersions, or Prevarication?
Whatever the term, it all spells CRAP. I make this bold statement after reading two articles I read. The first, about the Navy Yard shooter and his psychiatric vs. clearance… Read more.
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What Do You Get For Your Money?
Many of you may have seen this article over Yahoo News. The title is “The risks of renouncing your U.S. passport.” In summary: there’s been an increase of Americans that… Read more.
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Moving my google blog to WordPress ?
So, why do it? No particular reason – might even try to run both. In addition to posting updates to stories over at wattpad.com. Read more.
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