When I’m a Daddy….

Now that I’ve managed to pull myself away from Facebook and all of those wonderful quizzes like “Which Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Character are You?” (I’m most like Arthur Dent, it turns out. What a surprise.), I have finally managed to sit down and write a new blog entry.
My boys have lately enjoyed playing [...]

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Hairy Women.

I am almost half way through “The Old Curiosity Shop” by Charles Dickens. I am finding it very enjoyable. Dickens’ humor is really coming through in this story, though it is also one of the saddest of his books I’ve ever read. I decided that I enjoy his writing style and sly comments on society [...]

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Charles Dickens meet J K Rowling!

It seems like History does repeat itself, even in the literary world.
In 1840, Charles Dickens began to serialize the story “The Old Curiosity Shop”. I am going to start reading that book, so I went online to do a little research. I find that research helps when reading a Dickens book! Of course, I had the ending [...]

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Armistice Day, 11-11-18

Tomorrow marks the 89th Anniversary of the end of World War I. WWI, in a very crude nutshell, started when someone drove the Archduke Franz Ferdinand down the wrong street. The Archduke and his wife were shot and killed, and then WWI started. Ok, there is a LOT more to that story, but time doesn’t [...]

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A National Crisis

My Fellow Americans,
We are faced with a national crisis that could shake the very foundation of what it means to be Americans. As you may know, the Writers Guild Association is on strike. What this means is that we as Americans may have to live without original, scripted series and talk shows. What this means [...]

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The Write Stuff

According to this website, November is National Novel Writing Month. Their website offers a challenge to write an entire novel in one month’s time. There is no prize for winning, other than getting a certificate. Apparently all you have to do is write a novel, post it online, and poof, you win. Everyone’s a winner! [...]

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