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Half a Lifetime Ago: Three Things I Miss

February 24, 2009

I started thinking recently about how much I’ve changed since half a lifetime ago. Doesn’t seem like much, but you never know when you might want to reflect. So here goes the first in what may be a series. Half a Lifetime Ago: Three Thing I Miss Being able to eat anything I wanted, as … More Half a Lifetime Ago: Three Things I Miss

Half a Lifetime Ago: Three Things I Miss

Please Don’t Feed the Escapees

February 18, 2009

I’ve mentioned before around here that my day job is conveniently location across from a rather large hospital. In fact, as soon as they finished the branch that doubled its size, they started building another branch on the other side that’s just as big. I’ve been at universities that were smaller. Anyway, not once but … More Please Don’t Feed the Escapees

Please Don’t Feed the Escapees

“Never Drop Stones Into the Well” (a parable)

February 11, 2009

There was once a village that settled around the largest source of water in the territory. To protect their source, a deep and wide well was built. To watch over it, a family of tenders was tasked. The tenders had one sacred law: never drop stones into the well. Over time, the village prospered. As … More “Never Drop Stones Into the Well” (a parable)

“Never Drop Stones Into the Well” (a parable)

Prone to Being Haunted? Don’t Ignore It

February 10, 2009

There was a film back 1981 called The Entity, reportedly based upon a true story. It starred Barbara Hershey as a woman being haunted, stalked, and periodically raped by an invisible entity or spirit. Whatever this thing was, it was obsessed with the person, not a location or object. I was reminded of this on … More Prone to Being Haunted? Don’t Ignore It

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  • A Knife In the Dark
  • Deep In the Shadows
  • It's Not the Scythe That Matters
  • Keening from the Catacombs
  • Parables for the Restless
  • The Matriarch Vampires
  • The Spooky Chronicles

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  • Professor Awesome’s University
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