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Boooooooooks

Posted: 12th January 2010 by ~m in Books, Life, Personal, Reading, Sacred, writers, writing
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Writer reading.It is winter and a time of introspection and reflection.I am in the midst of a badly needed reading spree.
On the list?
*Just finished: Wishin’ and Hopin’: A Christmas Story by Wally Lamb (Christmas gift from my girls. It was hysterical)
*Next: Raymond Carver: ‘A Writer’s Life’ by Carol Sklenicka (this years birthday gift from Pamela. [...]

The October Game

Posted: 29th October 2009 by ~m in Books, Creative, Halloween, Horror Fiction Genre, Internet, Life, Reading, Short Story, Ugly, dark, writers
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It is that time of year.
This short story by Ray Bradbury was written in 1948.
Oddly enough, it seems like something you would see gracing the front pages of today’s morning paper.
I’ve decided to re-post this perennial favorite simply because it is horrifying.
Just to warn you, it’s a fairly gruesome tale.
Bradbury was so far ahead of [...]

2,592,000 seconds

Posted: 24th August 2009 by ~m in Akubra Hats, Australia, Blogging, Classic Literature, Creative, Life, Personal, Reading, Sad, Time, Trainride, Travel, Truth, weird, writing
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I figured out that I spend approximately one month a year riding the train back and forth to Boston.
One month.
30 days.
720 hours.
43,200 minutes.
2,592,000 seconds.
I write, read, sleep, text message, eat, drink
and look out the slightly opaque windows and think.
I’ve been doing this for over 4 years and if it weren’t for my writing stuff and [...]

Die

Posted: 6th April 2009 by ~m in Beer, Bengal cats, Blogging, Blues Brothers, Books, Cats, Christmas, Cigars, Classic Literature, Creative, Denis Leary, Dreams, Family, Food, Football, Friends, God, Guinness, Holidays, Humor, Jazz music, Just For Fun, Lewis Black, Life, Love, Memoir, Michel Camilo, Mingus, Music, Old Days, Personal, Poetry, Reading, Red Sox, Sad, Smoking, Stars, Truth, Wordpress, chances, comedians, dark, fast food, fathers and daughters, piano, pizza, prayer, sexy, twins, wishes, women, wordpress templates, writers, writing
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I began reading the new Natalie Goldberg book  ‘Old Friend from Far Away’ a few days ago.
It’s a book custom-tailored for writers of memoir.
So far the book is quite good (like all of her books).
Page 14 has a prompt that I’ve decided to turn into a post.
The chapter is quite short:
“Die”
Tell me what you will [...]

We interrupt this blog!

Posted: 3rd March 2009 by ~m in God, Insomnia, Life, Personal, Reading, Sleep, Truth, Wordpress, feeling like crapola, health, prayer, weather, wishes, writers, writing
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Because the writer is writing and reading but promises to return . . .
After the stuffy nose has gone away.
(and the bruised ribs heal, *don’t ask,
just know that an unexpected ice patch got said writer @12:45 last Sunday morning)

MeMe

Posted: 13th January 2009 by ~m in Personal, Reading, The Dark Knight, Truth, YouTube, t-shirts, twins, webcomics, wishes, women
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Saw this MEME at Moe’s and decided to throw my hat in the ring.
A few things about me;
1. Were you named after anyone? My father’s father: Michael
2. When was the last time you cried? Early December
3. What is your favourite lunch meat? Capicola (spicy ham)
4. Do you have kids? 3 girls that I am crazy [...]

Reading, Writing and Blogging in ‘09

Posted: 29th December 2008 by ~m in Angels, Beer, Blogging, Books, Classic Literature, Dreams, Family, Food, Football, God, Heath Ledger, Holidays, Life, Mondays, Patriots, Personal, Quotes, Reading, Truth, Wordpress, chances, dancing, fathers and daughters, freinds, health, prayer, templates, twins, wishes, women, writing
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I made it through the holiday, y’all.
Christmas Eve found me a bit crazy though (as my wife will attest)
What can I say, Maker’s Mark bourbon makes me silly.
Go figure.
But, I had fun, ‘kissing-my-brother-in-law on the cheek’ fun.
Yeah, I don’t think he liked it though.
My sister did give me the holiday hat of my dreams though.

We [...]

Ghosts of M

Posted: 17th November 2008 by ~m in Blogging, Just For Fun, Love, Mondays, Personal, Poetry, Reading, Truth, writing
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If this is your first time visiting here you may want to click on the picture above.
On the ‘Ghosts‘ page you will find writing that holds special meaning for me.
It’s a good indicator as to the overall content of the blog as well.
For some reason I blew the page away and just realized it the [...]

Vote

Posted: 4th November 2008 by ~m in Dreams, EPA, Family, Football, Friends, Internet, Just For Fun, Kids, Life, Love, McCain, Memoir, Obama, Or not, Patriots, Personal, Politics, Quotes, Reading, chances, dark, energy, health, pizza, prayer, sexy
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Propaganda, wasteful debates, meaningless answers to the
ad nauseum questions that never got truthfully answered
and now we have to vote?
On what?
Jesus Krispies, I’m really confused on this one.
Time for a write-in?
How about Elvis?
Hmmm . . .

An evening with JC

Posted: 15th October 2008 by ~m in Angels, Blogging, Books, Creative, Dreams, Ghosts, Life, Personal, Reading, Sacred, Truth, amazing, bald, chances, hero, wishes, writing
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It was a beautiful night as I rode the Red Line into Cambridge.
From my window, the Longfellow Bridge offered up a brilliant panoramic view of Boston’s Back Bay settling into ‘night mode’.
I made my way to the Harvard Bookstore wondering what the evening would hold.
If you like bookstores, you would fall in love with this [...]

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