Talk about absurd. Dez Bryant of the Dallas Cowboys took the team out to dinner at an upscale restaurant recently, and the players ordered everything on the menu. They also took home expensive bottles of wine. The dinner check? Are you sitting down? $54,896. An editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News made this comment, “Look, […]
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No. This is not going to be about curse words in writing. Although we did have fun over at The Blood Red Pencil Blog a few weeks ago discussing the use of certain words. Check it out if you are interested. This is about litter. On my morning walk today, I noticed plastic bottles, drink
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We have a bit of a conundrum here in the United States. According to the FBI al -Qaeda has been recruiting Westerners to carry out terrorist plots, and there is a new imperative to be more vigilant. That includes reporting suspicious behaviors to law enforcement. So, if you see a person in a Home Depot
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Dallas country commissioners recently hired a consulting company that basically told them the same thing that a different consulting company told them two years ago: That the IT Department has serious problems. It lacks vision, management, leadership, and competence. I’ll say. It cost the county $169,250 dollars for that second report. the news report didn’t
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This is another excerpt from my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck. This is from the chapter: WHAT’S FOR DINNER? Or, Mutiny of the Midgets. Enjoy…. There are certain words and phrases in the English language, dirty words aside, that are guaranteed to disrupt the otherwise peaceful existence of any mother and
They call it bullying, but it is so much more than that. I’m talking about a current trend of social ostracizing that is at the center of the new film, “Mean Girls.” We had bullies when I was in school, back in the age of the dinosaurs according to my kids who never wanted to
Thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing this review. Vermilion DriftBy William Kent KruegerISBN: 9781439153840Hard Cover from Atria,2010, 305 pages Authors of crime fiction, like authors working in any other genre, often use their talents to work through personal issues, sometimes intensely private issues. Although it is not entirely clear, the writer may be working through
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A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across the English Channel. Philippe Croizon used specially designed leg prostheses that have flippers attached, and made the swim in just over 13 hours. Wow, talk about overcoming life’s adversities. A 14-year old high school student in Raleigh N.C. said her school should not have kicked
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A long time ago when asked in an interview why I want to be a writer I voiced grand and noble ideals about the power of the written word to impact society. “If the words I write,” my answer continued, “can make just one person laugh or cry, think or question, then I will have
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I was sorting through some handouts yesterday from grief workshops I used to conduct in my role as a hospital chaplain. Several about anger were clipped together, and when I glanced through them I realized that I have always had a problem around anger. Probably because I grew up in a family that had no
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