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Initial Contact
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Speed things up. Make them quicker. That’s right people. In today’s microwave society where we get our news instantly by means other than an evening newscast or a morning paper, we’ve become one which is dependent on instant results. [Read More]
Questionable Parenting
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Remember Parenthood? As much as you’d like to think that I’m talking about the Ron Howard movie that came out over twenty years ago, I’m not. But maybe I am. Ladies and gentlemen, what in tarnation has happened to the practice of [Read More]
Your Friday….
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….my Thursday. That’s right people. By the time you read this dispatch, I will be firmly ensconced in the middle of Cubeville doing unspeakable things which I normally don’t perform on a Saturday. I’ll be working. The [Read More]
Not Quite The Horse Head
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How do you know when you’re going to have a bad day? When you open your oven to check dinner, the rump roast farts in your face. For those of you younger readers, an oven is a big hot box that people used to put food into in order to cook it. [Read More]
The Last Gig
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Last night, I attended what will most likely be the last concert of my son’s high school career. I don’t mind telling you that it was pretty good. They rocked the house. Now certainly you wouldn’t expect such an utterance to be made [Read More]
The Real Position Of Power
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I’ve figured it out. I’ve spent just under 20 years in the confines of some sort of cubicle or office where they hotel the staff from one work station to another. I’ve seen it all by now in the world of fabric [Read More]
On Your Way To Oblivion…….
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……pick up a t-shirt for me. Many years ago I had a t-shirt featuring a road sign on a highway. The sign touted two destinations: End of the world – 5 miles Casper, Wyoming – 6 miles Yeah, well. You can’t fault me for [Read More]
Anatomy Of A Calculus Assignment
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Back in the day, a calculus assignment involved the following items: Pencil (preferably mechanical) Graph paper (not necessary if your teacher wasn’t focused on aesthetics) Scientific calculator (back in the day for me was the late 80′s and early [Read More]
A Mother’s Day Post
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Today’s dispatch goes out to a very select group of people who in their own way have contributed to who I am today. One of them has been here since day one. The rest of them arrived at a later point in my life. This message goes out to Mom. You know [Read More]
A Slight Name Change
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That’s right people. For well over a couple of years, I’ve consistently used a specific name on this website when referring to the house from where the organization launches it’s voluminous dispatches of verbal brilliance to an otherwise dull internet. [Read More]
