January 20, 2010

A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Melt

I must say that whenever I count my blessings, one of the blessings I often fold down a finger for is the fact that my current day job requires me to attend very few meetings. While meetings can sometimes be productive and even fun (certainly more fun than resolving an issue through scores of long, ...

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January 04, 2010

My New Year's Resolutions

Looking through the newspapers, magazines and blogs, it appears that I must be one of the few sentient people on the planet who has not announced what things they intend to do or not do during the coming year -- that noble list of good intentions known as “New Year’s Resolutions.” I ...

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December 16, 2009

Christmas Newsletters: Literary Fruitcakes of Yuletide?

Today I will begin my annual ritual or writing the Fiedler Family Christmas newsletter, which my wife and I send out to a small group of understanding and forgiving relatives and friends across the country. For some insane reason I have written a family newsletter for more than a decade now, and I had ...

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November 16, 2009

Movie Sequels of 2010

I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately previewing some of the new movies that will be coming to theaters next year. A lot of these sequels have already received a fair amount of advance publicity, but here’s a few sequels that you might miss next year if you’re not quick enough. Saw ...

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November 02, 2009

What I Learned from HGTV

I have a confession to make, a confession that probably tells you more about my age and social status than I care to admit. I don't get the chance to watch much television these days, but when I do watch, there's a good chance that the show I'm watching is one of the many home improvement shows on HGTV ...

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October 13, 2009

Happy Birthday, Homecoming!

I apologize in advance for not posting here in so long. But you're about to see one of the main reasons I have not been able to find the time to scribble a few lines here. I've been busy doing one of the things I enjoy most -- researching and writing about history. My subject has been the history ...

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September 25, 2009

The Friday Five

Here’s this week’s Friday Five. A real doorbell saver It seems that there are more and more people these days going door-to-door with commercial or religious requests. This system seems inefficient for the providers, and it causes homeowners ...

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September 23, 2009

Twice the Reality, Twice the Fun

When I first heard the promos for the new Oxygen Network reality show "Dance Your A** Off," I suddenly realized the direction in which reality TV is now headed. There are apparently so many reality shows on the tube now that there are no totally new and original concepts left to try, so programmers must ...

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September 18, 2009

The Friday Five

Here's the Friday Five for Sept. 18, 2009. Speak words of literary analysis to me, my dear I was browsing through the bookstore the other day (a favorite pastime) and I spotted a book titled How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Now, I ...

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September 11, 2009

The Friday Five

I’ve decided to start a post every Friday I’ll call the Friday Five, where I can put small ideas and assorted flotsam and jetsam that don’t merit a full post. I love collecting quotes, so I’ll also throw one of those in each week as well. Here’s my first compilation. Pecans ...

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