The Virtual Cocktail Napkin
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Dream Jobs #1: Puppeteer
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When I talk to my college-age students about employment, I caution them against taking the advice to "follow your passion" too li...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter, who recently passed away at the age of 100, was the only president I ever met, and he was the first president I supported. I w...
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Sunday, June 16, 2024
Fourth of July movies, part 3
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Continuing from my previous list, just in time for July 4th of 2004. Once again, these are cataloged in no particular order, and I'm not...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
The TV Kid
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A few years ago, in a used bookstore, I came across an old copy of a children's book called the The TV Kid by Betsy Byars. I had fond ...
Sunday, May 19, 2024
Chicken Supreme sandwich
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In 2021, Burger King officially entered the Chicken Sandwich Wars, I guess, with a large, "hand-breaded" fried chicken-breast th...
Thursday, May 16, 2024
"When I teach, I teach ... When I ride, I ride"
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At a point in my life when I was going through a difficult time and wanted to do something different, I took motorcycle-driving lessons. I l...
Sunday, July 2, 2023
The "new" Star Wars trilogy: An appreciation
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The Star Wars prequel movies George Lucas produced and directed in the late 1990s and early 2000s were massive money-makers but were also un...
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