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I worked twenty years in the factories before I reached my outer tolerance for manual labor and willful ignorance. The day I quit, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Write fiction. Which is basically...
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I am forty years old and I am coloring in pictures of anolis lizards on a worksheet handed out by the biology teacher. This is the first time I’ve a had a box of Crayolas within reaching distance since...
View ArticleAll the Books I’ve Read And All the Good It’s Done Me
Toward the end of 2003, beginning of 2004, I had reached the conclusion I was reading an extraordinary (by Alabama standards) amount of books and had nothing to show for it except a profound intellect...
View ArticleTELEVISION REVIEW: The Walking Dead: ‘No Tomorrow Yet’
I honestly can’t tell you what I found more brutal in last night’s ferocious episode. Rick Grimes and the gang dispatching sleeping Saviors with knives through the eyes or Abraham’s abrupt break-up...
View ArticleNew Captain America: Civil War Trailer Unleashed
Marvel has been dropping hints this week the new Captain America 3 trailer would feature a new character introduced into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Imagine my utter excitement. I’ve been a fan of...
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