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Thou Shalt Sort Of

On January 4, 2011 By

Thou shalt not kill.

This is from the Holy Bible. It’s one of the ten commandments allegedly given to the prophet, Moses, straight from God. It doesn’t say:

Thou shalt not kill. Well, unless it’s for your country. Oh, or if you’re hungry.

God, not being Schizophrenic, kept it simple, as I can only imagine […]

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Large Talk

On December 9, 2010 By

Small talk has never been my thing. I can recall many first conversations with people where midway through the conversation they’ll say something to the effect of, “Wait, why am I telling you this?”

My wife’s uncle Jerry and I share this trait. He has no clue what I do for a living or what […]

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Characterize This

On December 2, 2010 By

After a certain amount of development, there’s a point in writing in which characters begin to take on a life of their own; begin to write themselves.

Being somewhat of a self-help junkie, or just plain selfish, I asked myself:

What have I done to develop my character?

The reason that fictional characters begin to […]

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The Funeral Photographer

On February 8, 2010 By

This is not a service I recall having seen advertised. Still, I felt compelled to assume the position yesterday at my brother-in-law’s memorial service.

There are obvious reasons why no one would want their picture taken at a funeral:

it’s something they’d rather forget their makeup is running and they look like a train wreck […]

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Search Limits

On February 1, 2010 By

I was trying to think of a Google query I could make that wouldn’t result in porn:

“the holy bible king james version”

As funny and ironic as BiblePorn™ is, this exercise is disheartening on a few different levels:

a) Level of ease.

When I was a kid, I had to actually go outside and […]

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The Devil Schools Pat Robertson

On January 17, 2010 By

For those of you who unfamiliar with the popular Christian televangelist’s latest drama, he recently stated that the earthquake in Haiti was the result of a “pact to the devil,” made sometime in the not-so-distant past.

The famed mythological figure, Satan, himself, commented via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune on Thursday:

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that […]

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