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, December 16, 2022

Why I never write about going to High School in Mt. Lebanon

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  (767 words) The question caught me by surprise. One of my oldest buddies had made the drive from Pittsburgh to Latrobe to spend the day dr...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

What will I call my "Tweets of the Month" when Twitter goes away?

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• Women age distinctly; men uniformly. As a woman ages, she becomes more individual -- her hair color, her laughter, her manner of dress -- ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2022

A jiffy moment or two about time

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(587 words) I’m a guy with plenty of time on his hands so I wonder about the passing of time pretty much round the clock. Speaking of clocks...
Monday, October 31, 2022

October Tweets of the Month

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                                         • I live in a house with 3 sassy women. I teach a class of undergrads raised to be hyper-sensitive ...
Monday, October 17, 2022

When did chocolate milk become nutritionally evil?

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  (683 words) I couldn’t tell whether the stranger was mocking me or we were on the verge of bonding over my breakfast beverage of choice. “...
Saturday, October 1, 2022

Just not a B'n'B kind of guy

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  (610 words) My disdain for the Bed & Breakfast option nearly surfaced when the sweet West Virginia proprietor told us she’d had some g...
Friday, September 30, 2022

Tweets of the Month(s)

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  • Val was rattled this week after seeing a picture of her late mother from when she was 4 years younger than Val is today. Her mother appe...
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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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