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Category Archives: essay
Could 2016 be the Year of the New Hamburgler?
Oh, McDonald’s! Just when I think you’ve given up on your advertising campaign (has it been 10 or 12 years of I’m Lovin’ It!?) you turn us all completely on our heads with your new ad campaign. The Hamburgler! Remember him? … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, essay, family, Millenials, Observations, Obsessions, parenthood, society, trends, fast food, McDonald's, writing
Tagged fast food, hamburgler, humor, McDonald's, Observations, writing
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What Happened, Santa?
I’m old, therefore, my image of Santa Claus is this: I think anyone over 50 who celebrates Christmas is in agreement. So I guess I have to wonder, What Fresh Hell Is This? A whole new idea of Santa? Isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, cautionary tales, christmas, conspiracy, drama, essay, family, humor, Men's Fashion, Observations, Obsessions, society, winter
Tagged blogging, Christmas, Hipster Santa, humor, observervations, society
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Kim Davis is NOT like Pope Francis
I have been openly irreverent and disrespectful regarding Pope Francis’s “secret meeting” with Kim Davis. It fosters the impression that I give the meeting as much consideration as it takes to flick from one website to another to find the … Continue reading
Posted in essay, gay marriage, Kim Davis, Observations, Pope Francis, religious rights, writing
Tagged Catholic Church, cautionary tales, gay marriage, Kim Davis, Pope Francis, religious rights, writing
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This Is The Day. Your Life Will Surely Change.
“Well you didn’t wake up this morning ’cause you didn’t go to bed You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off This song, off the album Soul Mining by … Continue reading
Silence, silence, silence.
I have been in the most colassal road blocks of all writing road blocks. It’s unbelievable. I look at my keyboard, and all its beautiful little letters and just…can’t do it. I’m blocked. Totally blocked. It is inconceivable because I … Continue reading
Posted in essay, Observations, writing
Tagged blogging, cautionary tales, dredging up the past, essay, writing
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Goodbye To My Dear Friend
I have to say good bye to one of my dearest friends. I don’t want to, it’s awful, and I wish I could somehow change what is now life without him in it because it’s going to be far too … Continue reading
Posted in baseball, Boston Red Sox, Donald B., essay, family, Friendship, Sorrow, writing
Tagged baseball, Donald B., friends, sorrow, The Boston Red Sox
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The Whistler
I am confounded by social media. There are days I swear I’ll delete my FaceBook account and transform that wasted time into a productive hobby such as a search for a cure for dropsy or bilious fever. I am afraid … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, essay, family, haunted tales, Observations, society, writing
Tagged blogging, cautionary tales, dredging up the past, family, getting along, Massachusetts, Observations, writing
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