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Monthly Archives: June 2012
The Friday Rant: Throw the bums out!
When it comes to politics, we all have knee-jerks — times when we react without thinking because someone has hit a particular spot in our psyche (or knee). And then we have blanket statements: “All democrats are spendthrifts,” “Republicans only … Continue reading
Posted in The Friday Rant
Tagged border, commerce clause, democrat, drug dealers, Justice Roberts, Obamacare, republican, Supreme Court, Tea Party, Texas
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Writer Wednesdays: Rules journalists teach us
Though I always intended to be a writer, I started my career as a journalist, an editor for a technical magazine. My coworkers were all journalism majors — Word Nazis, I affectionately (sometimes) called them. For them, there’s right and … Continue reading
Posted in Writer Wednesdays
Tagged clarity, conciseness, editors, journalists, wordsmith, writers
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Writer Wednesdays: The dreaded comma
Commas are horrible things. They confuse everyone. People just tend to throw them in whenever the sentence is getting too long, but you have to have a reason for a comma, and “too long” ain’t one of them. Here’s the … Continue reading
Books I’ve Edited: Mayan Lover by Wendy S. Hales
Books I’ve Edited: Mayan Lover by Wendy S. Hales http://www.amazon.com/Mayan-Lover-Travel-Novella-ebook/dp/B008A7T024/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1339425548&sr=8-2 Book Jacket: “Escaping the brutality of her past and following in her father’s archaeological footsteps, Gwen Kramer’s love of Mayan civilization uncovers more than artifacts when an ancient myth walks … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeological sites, artifacts, beach book, Mayan Lover, time travel, Wendy S. Hales
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The Friday Rant: When do we stop paying?
Someone put out a Facebook message that thanked Missouri, Kentucky, and Florida for passing laws requiring a person to pass a drug test before being put on welfare. He made the point that, though some people are complaining this is unconstitutional … Continue reading
Posted in The Friday Rant, Uncategorized
Tagged aid to dependent children, drugs, Florida, food stamps, Kentucky, Missouri, pass a drug test, welfare
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Writer Wednesdays: Is the slow-build book dead?
Right now, I’m reading The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice, and like all of her books, it’s slow out of the gate. I put it down to read something else, but I came back to it, because I know her … Continue reading
Helping Kris Miner
I saw a news report on a local lady named Kris Miner, who has a rare form of cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, she didn’t match anyone currently registered. I immediately followed the link they provided to … Continue reading
The Friday Rant: You know you’re old when…
… you hear yourself saying things like, “What is this world coming to?” I swear, I hear my great-uncle’s voice coming out of my mouth half the time I speak. For example, today my son told me about human dart … Continue reading
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