Sunday, November 27, 2011

Shopping for a Gun on a Snowy Evening

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Shouldn't a sporting goods store clerk be just a little nervous about selling weapons to customers who break down doors and stomp on eac...

'Tis the Season to be Feral

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com ‘Tis the Season to be Feral Perhaps the chaos began on election day, when most Texans lined up in the d...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

The Crusader Birdwatcher

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A mediaeval knight was an enthusiastic birdwatcher, so enthusiastic that he was more than a little pushy, and intimidated birds.  He was a m...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Advent Calendars

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Titles seen at Barnes & Noble: Chocolate Advent Calendar with Poem Peanuts Christmas Advent Calendar

What, really, is a jackboot?

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Just asking.
Sunday, November 20, 2011

In Europe, Water is Not Water

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com In Europe, Water is Not Water England…is now bound in with shame With inky blots and rotten parchment bo...
Saturday, November 19, 2011

Have Yourself a Misplaced Prepositional Christmas

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Have Yourself a Misplaced Prepositional Christmas Christmas on the Main Christmas in the Park Christmas on the Strand Dickens on the S...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Thanksgiving Week

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1.  I am extending the period for earning ten extra points to Wednesday.  If I have your well-written and complete research paper in my hand...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

Waterboard Texas?

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Waterboard Texas? When the crowds in the mall are just a bit too much, the wise shopper knows that fo...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

John Steinbeck - "We have only one story"

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We have only one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me tha...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Remembrance Day, 2011

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Keeping the Faith on Remembrance Day "I will never stand for a national anthem again. I will tur...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

For Our Mothers on Christmas

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com For our Mothers on Christmas Beyond all other nights, on this strange Night, A strangers’ star, a silen...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

A Prisoner of Triskelion. Chapter 3: The Doctors' Plot

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A Prisoner of Triskelion Chapter 3 The Doctors’ Plot “So you have no university degree?”   asked Doctor Vetula. “Ma’am…um, doctor, reall...
Sunday, October 23, 2011

Raise High the Red Flag, Comrades Biffy and Muffin!

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Raise High the Red Flag, Comrades Biffy and Muffin! In a time of high unemployment and economic challen...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

A Prisoner of Triskelion. Chapter 2: What Did The Prisoner Not Know, And When Did He Not Know It?

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                                           A Prisoner of Triskelion Chapter 2. What Did The Prisoner Not Know, And When Did He Not Know I...