Category: Essays
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Hello, Mr. Chips…or how I learned to love my chiropractor.
My chiropractor is my hero. I never truly appreciated this until adulthood (I’ve been seeing him for all my skeletal/muscular complaints since middle school). And, truth, my admiration came from nowhere on a seemingly random day. I recently found myself in the midst of a minor car accident. No one was ireperably hurt and the…
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A Series of Scenarios: #1: In which I bemoan the privilege of the extraordinary
It was early afternoon and I was sitting in a 1950’s style diner, listening to my lunch companion (heretofore known as “my mom”) divulge the latest gossip from the local hair salon where we both get our hair cut on a regular basis (hers more regular than mine). Apparently, the new ownership had brought forth…
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This is a blog about not being able to write blogs.
Dear Readers, I have nothing to say. I’ve been writing cover letters, freelance proposals, and editing resumes for the past few weeks. So, I come here to unwind and maybe write something that doesn’t involve years of experience or proposed cost for writing projects. I come here to let my soul out of the cage…
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Sitting on my ass…
Dear Readers, I made a promise to myself when I started this blog back up that I would post regularly. I was convinced it would keep me writing and I was convinced that would save my sanity and open up professional doors in the future. I may have goofed on that promise. When you’re unemployed,…
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A year later…nothing doing
Hello? How are you? I’m…fine. Occasionally, I forget that I actually have this thing here…this web log of sorts. I get too wrapped up in teaching children, completing (honestly) bull shit paperwork the state requires me to submit to enforce some arbitrary ideals about what makes a “good” teacher in order to clear my credential,…
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Oh yeah, this is here.
Hello and welcome to another installment of the blog that has had some stuff to take care of and went on a massive cheese binge and is hence less regular (gross) than this writer originally hoped. I know. I know. I’m sorry. I hate the thought of having another blog that I consistently apologize for…
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And Now, for the Gator Report…
Welcome to another installment of Great Tales of Romance, War, and Adventure–the blog that is, by far, turning out to be more regular than any of this author’s blogs that came before….owing entirely to a high-fiber diet. …the blog that begs the question: if a writer writes a blog, and no one reads it, is…