Eight Days to Amish

No Paychecks . . . No Prospects . . . Always How one writer struggles to elevate from the hammock, overcome his God-given laziness and earn a living in a cruel world that insists he work. (The title of this blog is in no way aspirational or should be considered an endorsement of the Amish lifestyle)

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Sunday, August 16, 2015

RRS: "Oh, Man(dy)! My night with Manilow"

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(857 words) I once took a Mexican girl who barely spoke any English to see U2, an Irish band, in the Dixie town of Nashville. It ...

Sunday, March 29, 2015

RRS: This Easter, let's resurrect the name Judas

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“Walking Dead” finale tonight and I thought about re-running one of those but, geez, what do zombies and the Easter season have in com...

Friday, May 30, 2014

RIP Maya Angelou & the world's greatest poem

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(991 words) I made a joke to my buddies when the news came on that Maya Angelou, 86, had died. I said, “Is she the one who wrote the p...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Youth hockey league in hot water over icing anthem

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(854 words) Disclaimer: I posted this and immediately heard from a disgruntled friend who hates this one. He doesn't like the Naz...

Friday, August 10, 2012

Randy Travis & the perils of driving while naked

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News that Randy Travis was arrested for driving drunk and naked had one reporter wondering if “he’s hit bottom,” an interesting turn of phra...

Monday, January 9, 2012

Steelers lose; Tebow amazes

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The Scriptural implications of the Steeler loss are too immense for me to tackle here, especially in the wake of an afternoon full of poor t...

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