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)

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Ways Christmas in July beats Christmas

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The stockings aren’t hung by the chimney with care and St. Nicolas is no where in sight. You can stand in our doorway and demand figg...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

NCAA slams Penn State

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I indulged in a momentary my-school’s-better-than-your-school gloat this weekend after reading my dear alma mater claimed yet another nation...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

Reduce gun violence: Enforce 2nd Amendment

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Gun violence will be reduced when America decides to enforce what is to me the key phrase of the 27-word 2nd Amendment, so revered by our na...
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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Re-run Sunday! Ohio U. No. 1 party school again!

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Now, how did you expect I'd react to the news that Ohio University was once again the No. 1 Party School in America? Write something sch...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Safety lessons from spree killers, '12

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I’m re-posting, as I always do after most headline-making rampages, my 2009 piece about what we’ve learned from spree killers. I’ve b...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Twitter = Wit confetti; my tweets of the month

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Wicked storm has me fearing for my life in my 2nd story office. Might hide in basement. Happily, that's where the bar is. And #Bucs are...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Bringing civility back to political yapping

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As I’ve been mostly successful in my efforts to avoid writing anything overtly political over the 18 months, some new readers may wonder abo...
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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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