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)

Tuesday, July 15, 2014

A back 'n' forth on palindromes

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(694 words) I’ve said previously that for the sake of clarity “palindrome” should be spelled palindromemordnilap. That way people ...
Monday, July 14, 2014

Soccer beats NFL, but can't lick splinkton

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(896 words) Let me begin with a difficult admission. I was wrong last month about soccer. I mostly enjoyed the World Cup and con...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Re-run Sunday: A toast to ice

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Still not too late to impress your neighbors by planning your 200th birthday for ice next November. Yes, ice is only 199 years old. Not ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Cheers! My bartending stint is over

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(692 words) Well, cancel the tour buses bound for Latrobe. Tell TMZ they’re too late. The great Chris Rodell Bartender experiment is o...
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Thursday, July 10, 2014

How green are my Apples? My new iPhone

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(770 words) I recently tweeted the line about my hopes that one day I’d live to see a cellphone tower constructed entirely out of old ...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

About those rumors that I'm buying The Pond

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(749 words) I was standing in one bar on Independence Day when I heard I was the subject of a rumor involving another. “Is it tr...
Monday, July 7, 2014

The attempted suicide on Solomon Temple Road

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(713 words) It’s right there on page 95 of my book. It’s just one of 501 items I jotted down to add color or soul to your daily life...
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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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