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Christmas in Town |
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| December 5, 2013 |
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A long, long time ago, maybe even three "longs," a little boy named Timmy lived in a
little town named Town with his family and two arbitrary people.
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The world keeps ending |
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| November 28, 2013 |
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As far back as the days of early mankind, there have been wise guys who claim the Earth
will be blown up, burned or sucked away into the sky.
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Sequel with no original |
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| November 21, 2013 |
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With all the sequels, prequels and parts of literature and featured films forced down our
throats, Frank writes of an author who is just plain out of sync.
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Deconstructing love and marriage |
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| November 14, 2013 |
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I offer rare excerpts from the Last Will and Testament of Sir Archibald Courtesy, Duke of
Whatington and pursuer of philosophical profundity, circa 1845.
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The angry poet in autumn |
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| November 7, 2013 |
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No season changes with the subtle brilliance of autumn. Days and nights have
different auras about them when summer fades and winter looms.
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Time marches on or in some direction |
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| October 31, 2013 |
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Time travel creates many discussions, though some of them make you want to travel
to a time when there were no such discussions.
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Smiles may not be the key |
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| October 24, 2013 |
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Guys, want to look sexy and get the girl you want to get? Don't smile too much. Look
brooding or show some shame instead - just don't wear an eye patch.
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The Ronald Reagan I knew |
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| October 17, 2013 |
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I sincerely liked Ronald Reagan before he was President. Ron's son Ron and I were pals
since we met at an audition for the Joffrey Ballet.
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Odds and ends |
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| October 10, 2013 |
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Here are some odds and ends, random notes, vagrant thoughts that go a-wandering through
my head and into this column.
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Oktoberfest, its history and herald |
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| October 3, 2013 |
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It's time for the 16-day festival that began in Germany and is celebrated in many forms
wherever there is beer, which is all over the world.
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Brosnan, Bond and I |
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| September 26, 2013 |
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Recently, my old buddy Pierce Brosnan invited me to hang out with him at his beach
property near San Diego. I had been trying to reach him for months...
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Doing something else |
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| September 19, 2013 |
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Isn't if amazing that no matter how well any one person becomes at doing any one thing
that person dreams of doing something else.
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Mastering the limerick |
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| September 12, 2013 |
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The limerick is a poem that was made popular by Court Jesters in the days of monarchy.
It has a specific meter to it and usually ends with a resolute line.
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Speaking youthfully |
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| September 5, 2013 |
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I might have a couple of decades on me but I can sure communicate with the younger
generation. Some of my best friends were born this century.
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Oldest living person looks to future |
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| August 29, 2013 |
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Recently, scientists in Bolivia bumped into a herder that claimed he was born in 1890,
with three children, 16 grandchildren and 39 grandchildren.
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Being Pro-Anti-active |
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| August 22, 2013 |
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The trend of being "pro-active" concerns me. I wonder how a person could know so much
about what might happen that he or she would act upon it before it happens.
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The wonder of A-D-D |
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| July 15, 2013 |
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Have you ever started to wonder about things and then wonder what you were wondering
about? It's the kind of thing that sends some people to the doctor...
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Climbing to the top |
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| May 26, 2013 |
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This is the month when a spectacular mountain assault occurred - the climbing of Mt.
Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide, Tenzing Norgay.
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Remembrances in winter |
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| February 18, 2013 |
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As the new millennium continues into its second dozen years I am reminded of many things,
the kinds of things that people ask me about...
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