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)

Friday, January 29, 2010

Let's just bury Salinger, not praise him

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During his life, Garbo-like author J.D. Salinger wished to be left alone and I was more than happy to oblige him. I tried to stop thinking a...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Twitticisms

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I suppose I was destined to embrace Twitter because I’ve always spoken fortune cookie. Check it out: “Pray for riches and you’ll get nothing...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Tech problems inflict Biblical torments

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I always tell prospective authors that being a freelance writer is like being adrift in a rubber raft far out at sea. And that being a freel...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Heaven for Haitians

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I hope for the sake of fairness heaven is better for Haitians than it is for guys like me. And by “guys like me” I mean those of us who happ...
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Sunday, January 17, 2010

This blog a Pittsburgh 'best of.' No kidding.

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Pittsburgh Magazine's new website flatters www.EightDaysToAmish.com by naming it one of the five best blogs of The ‘Burgh (*). As honors...
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Friday, January 15, 2010

Dick Cheney should replace Simon Cowell

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The only thing that can save the declining “American Idol” franchise is replacing the departing Simon Cowell with the only man more reliably...
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The King-sized Monster in Maine

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We vacationed there as kids and it was where my wife and I enjoyed our last child-free frolic. But I’ll never return to Maine. A three-heade...
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