Coconuts

I work at a credit union. Any job where you interact with the general public on a regular basis generates its own series of humorous tales as the foibles of humanity are put on display. For instance, the war vet who regularly stops in, being chauffeured around in his mid-70’s white limo. His driver is [...]

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Adding Insult to Injury

It’s not often that I feel compelled to write about current events, but this one hits particularly close to home.
Boeing Loses Out
Basically, the US Air Force has awarded its $40B contract to a company that is affiliated with the European plane maker AirBus. For shame. What have we come to in the country when we [...]

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Writing

I’ve come to the conclusion that writing is like the ancient Roman tradition of exposing a child. You give birth to this thing, which seems monstrous to you, and are horrified. Then you sort of abandon it on a mountaintop (or blog, editor’s desk, professor’s desk) and one part of you hopes no one ever [...]

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