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Bastard Out of Carolina
January 31, 2012
I knew it might happen. Today at school our youngest daughter, Cozette (8), was teased about not having a grandfather. Somehow, she and two friends got onto the subject and
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The Stages of Twitter
January 29, 2012
If you’ve been paying any attention, you notice patterns of stages that we all go through when it comes to Twitter. At first we don’t get it. We don’t understand
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The Hourglass
January 20, 2012
As parents, we see our kids all the time – but don’t really see them at all. It’s the woods for the trees phenomenon. Or, if you like, being too
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The Fine Line Between Politics and Comedy
January 19, 2012
It’s time to light a rescue fire in the letters SOS. Also, there’s this: Maybe this is why I can’t take Republican politicians seriously this election. *** Jim Mitchem
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The Simple Solution to SOPA
January 18, 2012
I wrote this post on Wednesday, and by Friday SOPA was dead. Congratulations to everyone who fussed. On Friday I actually received an email from my congressman Larry Kissell after
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Art and War and SOPA
Everyone’s favorite acronym, SOPA, takes center stage this week as potentially hundreds of websites ‘go black’ to protest controversial legislation that could mean censorship of the Internet. At the heart
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Death to Routines
January 14, 2012
I woke up this morning like I do most Saturdays, with a bed full of girls. We talked and laughed and before getting up for the day, I said something
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