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Sunday Lamentations
In time past, there was art in the Sunday paper. No, I’m serious. There really was. It was art of a unique sort: unpretentious, ironic, and witty. It, naturally, appealed largely to children. The...
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The Most Horrible Question
I got asked the Most Horrible Question today. No, not the one from “Me-Stories of My Life”, by Katherine Hepburn: “How are you?” “Fine, if you don’t ask for details.” A friend threw out this question...
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Ericisms: Seven-Year-Old Ladies’ Man
This boy, I swear… I was telling a funny story about his big sister: “Wait. Allyson put a grilled cheese sandwich in the VCR?” Kenton asked, stunned. “I thought it would fit!” she defended herself....
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Good for Nothing
“Santa’s watching: you’d better be good.” I hate that sentence. Using the idea that the reason to be good is because you will be rewarded for your behavior destroys the purity of goodness. To motivate...
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Who’s Driving These Search Engines?
Many poor souls have blindly run into a brick wall and jumped aboard the Hogwarts Express of the Internet in good faith, searching for something they…needed (?) and for reasons no one can fathom, they...
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Ericisms, With Additional Bonus Features
(The following blog is rated PG for eight-year-old potty-humor, tasteless product placement, Easter violence, one mention of illegal drugs, and one bizarre reference to neck beards.) It occurs to me...
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Writing About Politics
Confession: I came in here to write an Important Political Post (because I read an article in Sunday’s Houston Chronicle about the terrifying explosion in the amount of asset seizures being perpetrated...
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Schoolish Thoughts: Hey, Jen Hatmaker!
I just finished reading a blog about the worst end of the school year mom ever. (Which is hilarious, by the way; go on-click on that link. Click it!) Jen is a woman with whom I can completely...
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Life is Funny
Hello dear friends. I suppose I should write. “Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt No, I haven’t fallen off the planet (although the idea does have a certain appeal, especially...
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Schoolish Thoughts: Educational Rebels
I read an interesting article. This particular one was about Guillaume Dumas, a rebel if there ever was one. He went to several Ivy League schools over the course of the four-year period between...
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