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, October 30, 2020

Twick 'r Tweet! Best of the Month

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  • Imagine how different society would be if every time we turned to social media, instead of disparagement, nonsense or vitriol, we receiv...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

The dog that turned me into a cat person

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  NOTE: I swear I strode down a hundred hallways and tried a thousand doors in the hopes one of them would lead me to a more wholesome concl...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Parkinson's update & where do they get those long drug names

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  (671 words) My neurologist just prescribed me Amantadine to go along with my Pramipexole and Levothyroxine. Or as I call them, the little ...
Thursday, October 15, 2020

My KDKA spot goes pfft

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(726 words) Our daughters made a nice impression on some friends this weekend and I was happy to share the compliments. “They said you were ...
Friday, October 9, 2020

Americans suffering from ASS

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  (530 words) I have a layman’s understanding of Attention Deficit Disorder and a lazy man’s reluctance to do the research that would broade...
Monday, September 28, 2020

Forget vaccine. America needs giant roofie

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(542 words) In these times of tumult and vitriol, it’s worth considering the problem-solving traditions of the bonobo monkey, the closest an...
Thursday, September 24, 2020

My new book, Tin Lizzy signing & a euphoric fan

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  The sentimentalist and the crass self-promoter within me were at war as we drove to meet the 80-year-old widow who’d written me a gushy fa...
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