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, August 21, 2020

I knew gay-slurring Cinci announcer: What's he like?

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(664 words) I’ve made the decision to use the currently inflammatory word “faggot” without coy deceptions — not because Cincinnati b...

Friday, September 6, 2019

When homesickness hits home

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(730 words) I still remember the departure like it was yesterday. It was around this time in 1981. I was leaving for my freshm...

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Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Pondering "sober curious" movement after a weekend in Athens, Ohio

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(593 words) I was this weekend the focus of on odd male custom where men who love you most and think you’re going to die in, say, 5 ...

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Black face & "The Legend of Tyrone Stone"

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(852 words) I didn’t start paying attention to the Virginia blackface scandal until I read that one of the minstrels admitted to don...

Friday, December 29, 2017

#MeToo: What happened in '85 in Athens, Ohio, when I grabbed a girl's ass

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(795 words) Like most men in this #MeToo year I’ve done some soul-searching about whether I ever mistreated a woman in pursuit of ch...

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Chris Rodell: I'm the Latrobe, Pa., based author of "The Last Baby Boomer: The Story of the Ultimate Ghoul Pool," "Use All The Crayons! The Colorful Guide to Simple Human Happiness," and popular books about two Latrobe neighbors (Fred Rogers & Arnold Palmer). I'll write for anybody who'll pay me. I am a PROSEtitute

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