• The Penis Window

    March 20, 2012

    For about ten years I’ve worn the kind of underwear that holds the package neatly in place and extends to about mid-thigh. Not unlike the ones worn here by Beckham.
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  • I Love You

    April 4, 2011

    I’m one of those people who believes that every time I inhale, something good happens. Oxygen is metabolized in my lungs sending quality blood to my heart and brain. Coleridge wrote,
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  • Little White Flowers

    December 10, 2010

    In the Spring of 2010 something terrible happened. Our youngest daughter, Cozette, who was 6 at the time, was gathering flowers of weeds that were beginning to overrun our yard.
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  • Why I’m a Better Writer than You

    September 22, 2010

    Successful bloggers tell you that the more you write, the better chance you have of making a living doing it. That’s akin to stating that the more lottery tickets you buy, the closer you are to becoming a millionaire.

  • Darwin was a Polygamist

    December 7, 2008

    Darwin didn’t say ‘survival of the fittest.’ He said ‘survival of the most adaptable.’ Because we have big brains, humans are highly adaptable. But still, we’re fallible. From disease to
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  • Right to Bear Arms – Not Guns

    October 31, 2008

    People use guns to kill animals and other people. That’s it. When our forefathers said we (Americans) have the ‘right to bear arms,’ do you think they meant we should be able to
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  • How I Wrote A Novel

    May 22, 2013

    I started writing a novel last October, after hitting a wall with a play I was working on. The idea for the play was (is) really solid, but I was
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  • Writing Retreat, Day Three

    May 1, 2013

    Across the sky the ravens glide between dark and twisted boughs. Constant companions at this mountain retreat. Evil muses who grab my attention and pull me in the wrong direction
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  • The Demons

    April 26, 2013

    As you may know, I’m leaving home to finish my book. Part of me feels terribly selfish about doing this. It is a fear that says I’m not doing my
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  • Ninety Five

    April 24, 2013

    Remember your tenth birthday? At the time it was the greatest, most profound moment of your life. But I bet you can barely remember it. If you remember it at
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  • Into The Woods

    April 21, 2013

    I am leaving home soon to head into the mountains, alone, to finish my first novel. It’s something like a dream. I’ve been writing a story called Minor King for
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  • Social Media and the Human Condition

    April 20, 2013

    Since joining Twitter and Facebook in 2008, I’ve enjoyed observing how people communicate in these spaces. I’m not just talking about sharing cool links – but rather the big, important
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  • Bad Advertising

    April 12, 2013

    “Daddy, daddy, I won an iPhone 5!” she said as she ran into my office. “I was on this website, and something popped up that said that I won! Me!”
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  • Telling Time

    April 10, 2013

    I took Cozette to Target for a watch on Friday. She picked one that’s mostly rubber and mostly white, but for some salmon highlights around the face. It’s digital. I
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  • Easter

    March 31, 2013

    There’s a lot that I don’t understand about the idea of religion. I was raised Southern Baptist. We were big Jesus people – the red letters in the bible were
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  • Bump

    March 28, 2013

    I used to know a guy named Bump. He was a metal worker in my dad’s sheet metal shop. Bump was more country than anyone I’d ever known. He was
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