My Dad, who died 15 years ago, was not the guy who told jokes that featured an Irishman, an Englishman, and a Russian going into a bar. He never responded to the Reader’s Digest monthly offer to pay $300 for an amusing anecdote. Nor did he have a repertoire of homespun stories featuring his family [...]
Entries from December 31st, 2006
Dad's Annual Joke & New Year's Declaration
December 31st, 2006 · Comments Off · Friends-Family
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Ruby Wren: Still Awesome-O
December 31st, 2006 · Comments Off · Friends-Family
As Great-Uncle, I’m privileged to present, on the occasion of her second day as a newborn and her third Heck Of A Guy post, Ms Ruby Wren.1 Under her stage name, Awesome-O, Ruby previously starred in Awesome-o Sends Greetings and the sequel, Awesome-O Returns. In her latest role, Ruby took center stage at 6 lbs, [...]
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New Year's Resolutions Jujitsu
December 30th, 2006 · Comments Off · Holidays-Celebrations
You Say You Want A Resolution – Are You Sure About That? Advice about making New Year’s resolutions abounds. A Google search for the terms, “how to” AND “New Year’s resolutions,” turns up over 2,400,000 hits,1 most of which seem to be rewrites of the same recommendations: set specific and realistic goals, commit oneself to [...]
Becky: A Short Story by Julie Showalter
December 29th, 2006 · Comments Off · Julie's Unpublished
Julie Showalter: Unpublished Writings1 Becky is the second in this short series of Julie’s unpublished pieces now available. To view Becky by Julie Showalter in manuscript form, click on the first link below: Becky — View To download a PDF version of Becky by Julie Showalter, right-click on the next link, and choose “Save Link [...]
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Wall-To-Wall Coverage
December 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations, Friends-Family
Golden Walls Da Boyz & I just returned from the Ozarks town of Golden, Missouri, where we were guests in my mother’s home, a residence featured in an earlier post, In My Mother’s House Are Many Tchotchkes, most of which focused on the proliferation of stuff she and my dad mounted on the walls of [...]
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It's The Right Time For A Happy Newfie Year Celebration
December 27th, 2006 · Comments Off · Holidays-Celebrations
The Trouble With Tradition – Midnight Onset Of New Year DrHGuy has learned the hard way that off the shelf New Year’s Eve customs are a poor fit for his metaphysique. An especially problematic issue has been the midnight hoopla welcoming the incoming year. While the occasional well-performed hoopla can induce a quite enjoyable mental [...]
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An After-Christmas Gift – Aunt Mona by Julie Showalter
December 26th, 2006 · Comments Off · Julie's Unpublished
Julie Showalter: Unpublished Writings1 Most of Julie’s fully edited and buffed writings are already available on this site at Julie’s Writings. I have hesitated to include her other pieces I’ve found on her computer or in her office that range from workshop exercises to story fragments to projects set aside to finish at a later [...]
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The Bestest Christmas
December 25th, 2006 · Comments Off · Holidays-Celebrations
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Last Chance Before Christmas
December 24th, 2006 · Comments Off · Holidays-Celebrations
Signs Of SchadenfreudeFest (Or The Apocalypse)
December 24th, 2006 · Comments Off · Bagatelles, Holidays-Celebrations
SchadenfreudeFest Rocks The Spirit Of SchadenfreudeFest, the holiday officially initiated in the Heck Of A Guy blog only a few days ago, has already gained a beachhead in its ascension to end of the year celebratory supremacy by suffusing the popular press. While the “SchadenfreudeFest” name itself has not yet been appended to these publications1, [...]
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