In recent weeks, I’ve learned that I’ll be eligible to retire with full benefits from the constrictive world of the cubicle upon turning 55. That statement should now be cleaned up a little. That...
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Adventures In Consolidating Resources
For what it’s worth, I’m all about getting as much use out my stuff that I can. It has nothing to do with being frugal with my resources or mindful of the environment...
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5 Minutes
Rainy Day Correspondence
To: Lord From: TharpSter Date: 05/25/2013 3:15 am Dear Lord, Thank you for the rain. Here in south central Texas, we tend to find ourselves wanting for the wet stuff from the...
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8 Minutes
Regarding Star Trek: Part Deux
Editor’s Note: For those of you who haven’t taken in any of this spring’s theatrical releases (or previous years’ theatrical or video/DVD releases for that matter), or haven’t read the first 2 1/3 books...
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4 Minutes
The Azul Proclamation
Howdy y’all. Yeah, I know it’s been awhile since I graced the internet with a new post. To be honest, the rigid standards I placed on myself with Letters From The Past during...
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4 Minutes
Lawn Hopping
Today’s foray into verbal brilliance comes to you as a result of the efforts of the first actress (reportedly) to ever appear nekid on film. I’m talking about Hedy Lamarr. Of course...
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3 Minutes
Authoritarians & Art Teachers
As I sat here on the bed tonight with the laptop strategically placed on a lap tray in front of me, Juniorette came in, stole some of my chocolate and got all uppity and...
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3 Minutes
Blue Shirt Thuggery
“Does that mean that everything that’s happened here in the last ten minutes will probably show up out there on the web?” Jump back in time a few minutes before when I was...
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9 Minutes
Don’t Be Late
Stanley could trace some of his earliest concerns about being late for work or school to when he was the impressionable age of five. The events of that particular morning all those years ago...
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Put Your Hands In The Air
There comes a point in every man’s life when…… [insert thoughtfully inspired challenge right *here*]. Yeah, I don’t know. I’ve already fired off a couple of dispatches that start like that during the...
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