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Such Things Can Be

Posted February 28, 2009 – 9:25 pm in: Tales

Ambrose Bierce is alive.  He dwells in the mind of Theodore Pane, a thirty-five year old unemployed bartender.  Pane tended bars because he enjoyed working at night and because he liked to talk to people.  He is unemployed because now his nights are filled with episodes from Bierce’s life, and some of the people he [...]

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A View of the Past

Posted February 26, 2009 – 5:47 pm in: Tales

Ten thousand years after Earth could no longer sustain life, a teacher on a distant world stands before his students.  He is teaching them about higher life forms of the universe that have arisen, have endured, and in most cases have ultimately given way to the various pressures that keep the universal life force in [...]

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Monkey Love

Posted February 21, 2009 – 12:36 am in: Journal

Buy a monkey, take it into your home, make it a family member, bathe with it, sleep with it, feed it from your table, give it fine wine.  Then be surprised when the animal attacks a friend encroaching on its territory.

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Tax Cuts

Posted February 18, 2009 – 6:05 am in: Journal

Concerning the current debate on the economic stimulus package, I disagree that tax cuts will go far to help us solve our problems.  However, I do think that if Americans think about the additional money in their pockets, we can actually have an impact on the efficacy of the tax relief.  If I see $800 [...]

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