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REVIEW: Netflix Documentary “Making a Murder”

Sun, 14 Aug 2016 18:53:23 +0000

(A few months ago I wrote this response to the Netflix documentary, Making a Murderer and forgot to post it). Some random thoughts: Family members were the stars of this series. We saw so much of them! They were strange to look at, and not particularly interesting. Like mole people. Nice but dull. The series […]

No More Zombies! (A middle school comic adventure)

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 18:13:08 +0000

I told this story at the Houston Storytellers’ Guild 2015  “Liars’ Contest.” It was partly inspired by my  recent adventures teaching at a middle school. It belongs to my Booby Naked story collection . Earlier this year I started teaching at Romero Middle School. I taught creative writing. It was my first year teaching, so there […]

Not-dead update (Yet Again!)

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 15:20:35 +0000

As you know my blog has been hibernating for a long while. I have had a LOT of things going in my life right now which prevent blogging. Also, I regularly post on Facebook and Google Plus (a tough habit I have been trying to break for several years).  I usually post identical things on […]

Beware the auto-renewal beast!

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 03:05:17 +0000

Call me a procrastinator. I plead guilty. (I have also been very busy with a move and a job search). For a while I have been meaning to transfer my domain hosting from greengeeks to a slightly more powerful hosting service to accommodate future  web projects. I kept delaying the decision for 2 years (costing […]

Only Chumps with a Rump vote for Trump (Poem)

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 16:34:18 +0000

Only Chumps with a Rump vote for Trump. He will pump this country into a slump. Don’t make me a grump. Don’t be a lump. If you thump for Trump, You might as well jump into a dump! Let’s get over this mad callithump and dump this Trump. He’s no Forrest Gump. He’s just a […]

Social Media Posts (May 1 to May 30)

Wed, 11 May 2016 03:12:17 +0000

See also: Index of all Social Media Posts Probably the most interesting question about the Trumpification of USA is how many TV entertainment outlets will refuse to invite TRUMP THE INSULT DOG on their show — damn the ratings and ad dollars. Lorne Michaels, Stephen Colbert, the Today Show, The View, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy […]

Social Media Posts (April 1 to April 30)

Mon, 09 May 2016 22:18:01 +0000

 See also: Index of all Social Media Posts Two interesting studies about minimum wage. About a recent law to raise minimum wage to $15 in Seattle, a report finds: ” “Our preliminary analysis of grocery, retail, gasoline, and rent prices has found little or no evidence of price increases in Seattle relative to the surrounding […]

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