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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Friday, May 22, 2015

The Boss of the Bee: Me again as Word Master

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(688 words) The nearest exit was blocked by three 8-year-old girls who at the moment were all bawling their eyes out. Exit no....

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Chris Rodell: Word Master! I'm boss of the bee

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(786 words) The list was given to me in strictest confidence with explicit instructions not to share it with another soul. Nuclear...

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Re-Run Sunday: Searching for Mr. Stupid

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I normally try and dig a little deeper than six or so months ago for Re-Run Sunday consideration. But I saw a surge of readers to th...

Monday, November 21, 2011

Searching for Mr. Stupid

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By now many of you are familiar with my pretentious affections for my online subscription to the Oxford English Dictionary. At $...

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Thursday, June 2, 2011

Expense accounting the national spelling bee

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In keeping with my week-old pledge to add more to the mix, this is a timely Spelling Bee rerun from 2009. The stats page told me somebody w...

Monday, June 1, 2009

Expense accounting the national spelling bee

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As many Americans watched last week’s National Spelling Bee and wondered how children could correctly spell so many polysyllabic words and w...

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