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, October 21, 2014

Pennsylvania license plates among nation's worst

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(701 words) My 8-year-old daughter is like her old man in that she sees the world and recognizes it’s full of petty irritants. Tha...
Monday, October 20, 2014

Playing Oakmont (and Arnold Palmer says I'm the best)

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(715 words) I’m set to golf today at Oakmont C.C. in about four hours. The fact will no doubt stir resentment among my golfing frien...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Sunday encore! Lottery losers should decide winners

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No reason whatsoever for re-running this April '12 entry. No surge of readers drawing it to my attenion. No related topical instigat...
Thursday, October 16, 2014

Selling crayon books to Steelers/Bigfoot fans

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(725 words) I was treated to an honors tutorial in guerrilla book selling Sunday at Fort Ligonier Days. Or was it gorilla book sel...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Why I always give trusting strangers wrong directions

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(707 words) I think people are always asking me for directions because I walk with a confident stride and have a friendly face. When I...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Dr. Nancy and the Ebola River Blues

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(638 words) Did you know Ebola is named after the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? It’s where the first outbreak o...
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Monday, October 13, 2014

See Jennifer Lawrence naked! (just pay B4 ya peek)

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(757 words) It wasn’t because I feared I’d be accused of committing a sex crime that I didn’t peek at the naked pictures of a woman wh...
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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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