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WRITE SOMETHING WORTH READING, DO SOMETHING WORTH WRITING ABOUT

March 12, 2023 by

‘Write something’ is the alarm clock for every writer, Daylight Savings Time or not. What that ‘something’ might be? That’s the challenge. Everyone who has taken an English class, had an English segment, or passed a love note, has done it. But not you? Here’s my favorite writing lash:

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DISCONNECT RESPECT STARTS EARLY

February 6, 2023 by

I asked for disconnect respect once. Didn’t get it. Instead, I gave respect to the disconnected and stood with them. I was nineteen and joined the All Volunteer Army.

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WORKING TOGETHER IN THE BEAVER STATE

February 1, 2023 by

A call for working together won’t make you a homer, a weakling, or manager. For now, let’s say it’s a call to ‘police up’ your area, clean up your mess. Do you know about policing up your area? It’s not about giving yourself a police badge.

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CONSTANT COMPLAINING DONE THE RIGHT WAY

December 13, 2022 by

If you hear constant complaining without end, what do you do? Tune it out? Change the channel? Or listen and learn because we all know it’s impossible to complain all the time. There’s something else going on, but what?

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STUDENT LOANS FROM THE 70’S

August 26, 2022 by

Student loans start with a desire to learn, to go to college, to do something. Was it different in the 70’s? The smart academic advice on the street then was, Drop out, Turn on, Tune in. Given by a PhD.

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VETERANS HEALTH FROM THE 1974 ARMY ONWARD

July 30, 2022 by

Veterans health came to mind during boot camp at Fort Ord, California. The gas chamber was on the schedule a few days after I was demoted from Platoon Guide, to Squad Leader, to regular army guy. I takes a special soldier to get demoted in boot camp, and I was that guy. It happened twice […]

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SCRIPT WRITING: KNOW WHEN TO END, Part 3

June 17, 2022 by

A script writing master class produced an original piece of work that’s still in progress. I took the class after buying and reading books about script writing and beating the odds in Hollywood. Part 3 follows Part 2.

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PAIN TOLERANCE STARTS WITH A THRESHOLD

June 5, 2022 by

Pain tolerance is a measure of how much pain you can take before tapping out. The pain threshold is when you start feeling pain. Who knew? Let’s start there.

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WHY LEGITIMATE POLITICAL DISCOURSE NEEDS SOME SCHOOLING

February 5, 2022 by

Since I’m an expert on political discourse I’ll tell you how I became such an expert After reading this, see if the same criteria applies to others who claim expertise in legitimate political discourse. For me, it all started in second grade. Experts, believable experts, need early references.

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MALE BONDING WITH FRAGILE EGOS

January 18, 2022 by

Male bonding isn’t about two guys becoming Blood Brothers. Let’s leave the knives out of it. No cuts and pressing wounds together with intense eye contact needed here. What is needed, though, is an element of trust. Not ‘trust’ with money or wives involved, but that other trust: Trust in doing what’s right. Lose that […]

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