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, September 19, 2014

Binge reading my blog in tree stand

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(676 words) Good morning, Dave A.! Had your breakfast yet? Seen any deer? And how’s the blog been lately? I’m taking the unusual s...
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Teaching my 13-year-old how to drive my car

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(745 words) Our oldest daughter turns 14 in two weeks. It’s an age of looming adolescence that makes some fathers quake. Not me. ...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Beating supporters need an attitudinal switch

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(677 words) The good news for the NFL this week is that for now feckless commissioner Roger Goodell is no longer the media whipping bo...
Sunday, September 14, 2014

RRS: Happy belated birthday Arnold Palmer!

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Arnold Palmer turned 85 on Wednesday and the whole town was invited to the party. They held it at Greater Latrobe High School where, tha...
Friday, September 12, 2014

A celebration of food & death row last meals

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(996 words) I have no fear of dying as long as it doesn’t have to hurt. I want my demise to be so rapid I never even see it coming. ...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Feeling nostalgic for printed pictures

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(777 words) I read the other day how last year the number of pictures we took exceeded the total number of pictures we’d taken in the ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Baltimore Rays & NFL's ongoing disgrace

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(804 words) Lots of outraged people responded to the release of the brutal Ray Rice video — let’s charge him with attempted homicide —...
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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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