Writing
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Almost At The End
The futility of Madison Ave version of progress Read more.
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Nanny State Overdrive
Well. We were promised plagues, pestilence, and horsies. Instead we’re getting Swastika Nanny Poppins. Puleeze. The erosion of self-sufficiency and the dependence on the State (no, erase that – reverse… Read more.
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The New Normal
May 13th to July 10th. And I can’t find anything to rant about? Possible reasons for this: sickness (had a light bout with pneumonia, but lived); laziness (strong contender, but… Read more.
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Reality Beats Fiction: Millennial Addendum
Playing it safe, I gave January a pass. New Year’s celebrations – meh. Super Bowl – I was right, almost everyone else was wrong (almost had the final score pegged… Read more.
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Screw You, New Year
I’ve been trying to come up with a closer post for this year, and I believe this title is succinct. Laying about this weekend, listening to or reading the trite… Read more.
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A New Record In Laziness
What I did for 2 months Read more.
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2 AM Bathroom Break
Trying to go back to sleep and failing miserably. Semi-dream; oldest daughter hasn’t come home from friends house, start thinking of accidental mortality. And chatting with her in the hospital.… Read more.
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I Just Can’t Do It!
I’ve been trolling over Twitter for the last couple of days and everybody’s predictions are sooooo much better (and out there) than mine. From politics to medicine to entertainment to… Read more.
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And So This Is Christmas…
And so this is Christmas, For weak and for strong, For rich and the poor ones, The world is so wrong (John Lennon, So This Is Christmas; 3rd stanza) First,… Read more.
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Something Old, Something New
I came across a story about an unfinished manuscript written by one of my favorite authors, Sameul Clemens. I was excited as a kid opening a present of fireworks at… Read more.
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I Don’t Usually Do This
But, after reading this article by Heather Digby Parton, I have to share. Those of you who have read my rants and conjectures may have guessed – correctly – that… Read more.
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Do You Want To Lose Subscribers?
Then, this is the way you lose subscribers. I speak (type) of #Twitter, and their new method of premium ad pushing. It started for me a few days ago, Wednesday,… Read more.
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The All-Powerful #IWSG
Well, maybe all-powerful. I don’t know for sure. What I do know is I found out about them from the #a-to-zchallenge webpage. So the #IWSG stands for, Insecure Writer’s Support… Read more.
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Just When You Least Expect It
Reading my feeds in Twitter, I get this link from the Richmond Times Dispatch. They broke ranks from their normal stance, usually on the Republican ticket. Just look up Eric Cantor from… Read more.
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I’ll Have A Sense of Humor, Shaken – Not Stirred
The Telegraph newspaper is a quality publication, a shiny pearl in a polluted sea of plasticine publications. Dry Brittish wit and (usually) fact-confirmed news stories make it one of the very few… Read more.
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