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Category: Writing

One of the Great Unread

Hi, my name is Shawn and I’m one of the “Great Unread”:http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/08/the_great_unrea.php. I remember watching…I think it was Dennis Miller’s old show on CNBC, back when he had on cool guests like “Virginia Postrel”:http://www.dynamist.com/ and back when I got extended cable. On this particular episode, he had on a panel of bloggers, one of who [...]

Common Ground – The Rude Mechanicals

_The following news article appeared in the Huxtville Times, 05/18/06_ For Janice Michaels, it’s all about taking a stand. For Peter Davies, it’s a chance to play the part of a lifetime. These reasons have led them and many others to sign on with the Rude Mechanicals, a professional protest troupe. The troupe, in operation [...]

Rain Delay at a Hockey Game

You think I’m kidding, don’t you? Well, here’s what happened this past St. Paddy’s Day, at the “Texas Tornado”:http://www.tornadohockey.com game. Like most things in Texas, we grow our thunderstorms BIG. And we had a BIG storm roll through the lovely city of Frisco. We could just hear the thunder over the roar of the crowd [...]