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  • The Season of Giving

    There are many wonderful and worthy charitable organizations in desperate need of volunteers and donations so they can continue to move forward with their missions.  The ones that are closest to my heart deal with injustice or cruelty to either people or animals.  You can tell a lot about a a society by how it…

  • I Give it a Solid “4”

    Today we had a fire drill to test the new procedures in our building.  Despite most of us not taking the opportunity to view the new video on how to escape a fire, we still managed to calmly mosey over to the correct stairwell.  This is very important according to all of our instructions, because…

  • Pariah

    Maybe it’s because of the sketch class that I’ve started viewing the people around me more and more as characters in a short play.  Ok, I’ll be honest; I’ve seen always them that way and the more outrageous among them turn up on the blog. But lately I’ve started casting them into their respective roles…

  • Why Won’t I Shut Up?

    I know and you know that the quality of the posts lately have been kind of “meh”. I personally blame the quality issue on the people around me. No one is doing anything outrageous. The most exciting interactions I’ve had have been those involving cars and even those are so “meh” they’re hardly worth repeating. …

  • Whispering Through a Field

    I remember my first high school reunion.  I went for the same reason I went to the prom, because I didn’t want to look back with regret at having not done it.  It’s not a particularly great reason, but it got me there. The reunion, more than prom, involved a serious self pep-talk.  I had…

  • How to Kill an Angel

    I killed an angel. Yes, I did and I’m afraid it wasn’t just one. I may have killed a bushel or a herd or a pod or a flock – flock sounds about right. Ok, I killed a flock of angels over the past couple of weeks and with that news, I hang my head…

  • Flags of Our Fathers (and Mothers)

    My family fought in the Civil War under the Confederate flag and we lost, if that’s how you want to look at it.  Personally, I don’t see it that way.  My family comes from the south – from South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and eventually landed here in Texas.  Our family stories from that time mostly…

  • iColossus

    For over a week now I’ve been telling myself I’m getting a MacBook Pro.  My rationale – I need it to be successful in the Sketch Writing 101 class.  That’s solid logic.  I mean, I’ve seen the class set-up before and watched in awe as various students whipped out their laptops. Now those are writers.…

  • A Bad Day, A Perfect Night

    Yesterday I was having a day.  The kind of day that starts off rocky and isn’t on track to right itself soon.  The kind of day that tries to club you over the head and dump you on the side of the road.  The kind of day where a little rain cloud stalks you. The…

  • I’m Also Neurotic

    I’m going to come clean about something: I’m a bit neurotic. Now some of you just choked on the “a bit” part and I want to let you know I think you’re mean, I know who you are and I’m eyeballing you. Yes, that’s right. Eyeballing you. I was fessing up to my behavior to…