Best Of 2011

I confess that I love reading these recap posts in magazines and on other people’s blogs. So even though I usually feel as though I’ve copped out when I write one, I figure they’re fun to read and fun to write and and fun to disagree with. And with that prelude out of the way, [...]

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The Ritual Of Right Thinking

Do you have any idea how awful it is when WordPress goes down just as you have extremely bloggish thoughts? Argh. At last we are back in business and I can clear my brain again. Voter IDs. Airport scanners. Filing gun permits. Drug tests for government benefits. What do these things have in common? These [...]

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One Of My

Favourite people has decided to start blogging. We met about 5 years ago at a party and ever since then we love getting caught up and sharing our opinions on everything from comics to gaming to–of course–politics. He’s an awesome guy and I’m thrilled at the prospect of having him entertain me. I think you’ll [...]

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The Christmas Locomotive

Ever see one of those cartoons from the 1930s where a character is strapped to the front of a train and headed full-speed with a look of terror on his rubbery face? Or maybe I’m thinking of Kevin Bacon’s dream sequence from She’s Having A Baby. Either way, that’s how I feel in this last [...]

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The New Holiday Tradition That Needs To Die

This is one of those posts that is antithetical to the Holiday season on one level. With Hanukkah starting today and Christmas just over the crest of the hill I should write about lovely things. Instead, I’m shedding light on a thing that make me flame and smoulder just like a Yule log. Because I’ve [...]

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Amish Fiction: WHAT THE ?!?!?!?

Ten years ago I started working on one of my favourite books. Back then my idea was to write a murder mystery set in and around my hometown of Fort Wayne and serialise it a la Kellerman or Cornwell. My protagonist was a ex-Amish woman doctor. Over the years as I evolved the story evolved [...]

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I Am Insincere

Even though to admit it is an embarrassment akin to acknowledging a crush on your typing teacher or a secret fondness for eating clay, I do own up to having read all of Dan Brown’s books. I don’t think that makes me a bad person–I also read cereal boxes, the tiny print on tins of [...]

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I’m Done With Sleeping

My mother and I went to the park to shoot off rockets. While I was parking my bike an eight foot tall Samuel L Jackson was waiting for me. He squealed with delight and kissed my forehead, then he picked me up to swing me around. All the while he kept saying “It’s my best [...]

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When Authors Steal A Bad Story And Make It Worse

I’m being purposefully vague here because I don’t want to hate on a specific author whose other work I’ve enjoyed to various degrees. And after having one author show up here under good circumstances this week I don’t want to lure another author here only to harangue them. I had trouble sleeping last night and [...]

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The Matthew 6:31 Diet

My post earlier in the week about Fathead seems to have ignited strong feelings across my (admittedly smallish) readership. I have several friends who are enjoying the Paleo Diet and are kind enough to hope that I can find my way to better health by trying it myself. I genuinely appreciate the interest, time, and [...]

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