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Category Archives: Culture
“Mondo, Mondo, Where Have You Been?”
“Up to Terpville and back again.” Friday morning, I set out for the airport in Greenville-Spartanburg, in order to spend the first half of my Spring Break visiting the Spawn at her new apartment. The drive was easy enough, and … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri:
It’s been a gorgeous weekend in Mondoville; I spent enough of yesterday afternoon outside to get pinked up, though not scorched or sore, and I’m currently in my office with the window open and the TeenBeat Mayhem stream providing my … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Us and “Them” Edition
I’ve spent the afternoon doing lesson planning, but I thought I’d take a break to get caught up on the blogging end of things. But first… *** Remember the ’50s Big Bug movie Them!, with its tale of giant mutated … Continue reading
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A Blast from My Past, or a Bullet Dodged?
Because I’ve always thrived on standardized tests, I qualified as a National Merit Scholar in my late high school years. As part of that, I was invited to apply for a program sponsored by the Telluride Foundation the summer before … Continue reading
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Gulping Down a Bloody Martini
No, I haven’t abandoned my teetotaling ways. Bloody Martini is the new novel from William Kotzwinkle, the second in a series that started with Felonious Monk. Tommy Martini, descended from a family of mobsters in Pennsylvania, was a college athlete … Continue reading
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Cut Me Open; Count the Rings
We’re getting ready to start looking at each other’s work in my creative writing class, and for a run-through, I decided to let them practice on something I wrote around 1985 or ’86, at about the age of 20. (I … Continue reading
Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: Coronation Edition
No, not that guy in England — nothing against him, but this one’s closer to home. *** A public schoolteacher’s career is like an iceberg; most people never see most of it. Yes, there’s the grading, lesson planning, and assorted … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: “Too Old to Rock and Roll, Too Young to Die” Edition
I’m in the office, doing a bit of planning for the week’s classes. But of course, that’s always a good incentive to do something else, so here we are. *** I’ve noticed in the past that I seem in many … Continue reading
Counting Blessings
I’ve said before that my sense of humor is so dark it veers into the ultraviolet. As is often the case, I think it’s a counterweight to the fact that I’m a melancholic sort most of the time, with a … Continue reading
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Sunday Afternoon Potpourri: So Many Pants Edition
Tomorrow is Day One of the spring semester. I’ve taken care of syllabusiness, and all that remains is for me to get up at stupid o’clock tomorrow morning after nearly two months of my natural rhythm (typically going to bed … Continue reading
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