Author Archives
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Be Wary of the Well Intentioned Man
“Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.” ― Donald Rumsfeld Everybody talks about how tired parents are during the infant years of child-rearing. I’m here to tell you they are nothing compared to the teen years. The amount… Read More ›
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Who Knew Tutoring Wouldn’t Be a Huge Success, or How I Learned to Frivolously Spend Tax Payer Money Without Really Trying
“That’s how it is for us servants. No one pays you much heed; mostly you’re invisible as furniture. Yet you overhear a conversation here, and add a little gossip there. A writing desk lies open and you cannot help but… Read More ›
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Keeping the Dumpster Fires Burning
“I have had countless men repeat my ideas back to me as if they were theirs – as if I would not remember having come up with those thoughts in the first place.” ― Hernan Diaz, Trust In Tennessee…. Read More ›
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Who Are the Adults in Charge?
“You have ability and people who don’t never forgive you for it. Your very existence is a constant reproach to them.” ― H. Beam Piper, The Works of H. Beam Piper (27 books) Earlier this week, Peter Greene wrote… Read More ›
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Its High School Football Time in Tennessee bc
“A heroic society is almost a contradiction in terms.” ― Jane Ellen Harrison, Ancient Art and Ritual This weekend marks the kickoff of high school football season in Tennessee, As such, it also marks my son’s first start as… Read More ›
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Let’s Take a Peek Behind the Curtain
“I told her the world was full of nice people. I’d have hated to try to prove it to her, but I said it, anyway.” ― Jim Thompson, A Hell of a Woman I don’t think we ever truly… Read More ›
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A Touch of Overreach to Start the School Year
“The problem, kid,” Shorty said, “is there is no one on either side of the fence keeping measurements about what you do. God is an idea, and the devil is us.” ― Joe Lansdale Laws written in the state… Read More ›
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Elections Matter
“We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.’ What is that, grandmother?’ To understand other people.’ Yes, grandmother. I must be fair – for… Read More ›
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Know Your Friends
“Poles had a dark joke in 1944, about a bird which falls out of the sky into a cowpat, to be rescued by a cat; its moral, they said, was that “Not everyone who gets you out of the shit… Read More ›
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Its All Looking A Little Hazy
“There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.” ― Glen Cook, Chronicles of the Black Company it seems like just last week the kids were streaming into the house,… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 