Friday, December 30, 2011

ICU Waiting Room

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Mack Hall, HSG ICU Waiting Room at Christmas Artistic gilded deer repose in peace Among the store-room-dusty plastic leaves Of dec...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Begging Season

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Begging by healthy people has become fashionable in East Texas, reflecting a decay in demeanor.  On Tuesday morning a couple of large men in...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

A Light Shines in Jasper

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Mack Hall A Light Shines in Jasper Last week, nine new Jasper nursing graduates were capped and pinned before their families, friends,...

Christopher Hitchens -- Maybe Not So Bad

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Any one who laughs at the Dalai Lama and Princess Diana must contain some divine spark.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011

War Does Not Feature a Soundtrack

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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Horse - It's what's for Dinner

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Mack Hall, HSG Mhall46184@aol.com Horse – It’s what’s for Dinner It hath behooved – hooved, get it? -- our current government to auto-p...

"One of the Only"

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This unfortunate phrase is quite common now, but so are houseflies. "Only" means one; thus, to say "one of the only" is...
Saturday, December 3, 2011

Amazon.com Gets Defensive (and their feedback site is always down)

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Dear L. Mack Hall, Thanks for submitting a customer review on Amazon. Your review  could not be posted to the website ...
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...