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Category: Fiction
Earthquake Recorded at Arlington National Cemetery When Veterans Roll Over During Hegseth’s “State of the Force” Address
Officials are still assessing the damage at Arlington National Cemetery following a minor earthquake (5.1 on the Richter Scale) that occurred on Wednesday as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was delivering his “State of the […]
Intro to Rock Poetry 101
It was one of those fashionable academic parties where emulation–in the form of whom, among the assembled group, possessed the most extensive knowledge of classic rock lyrics, and whose tastes in the matter were most […]
My Dad’s in Women’s Clothes
When a boy considers his dad, and compares him to the fathers of other boys, an element of emulation unavoidably creeps into his thinking. A song by The Smothers Brothers, who had the same father, […]
In Life as in Baseball, it Pays to Play the Wild Card
It was getting late, so I turned out the lights and headed upstairs. As I walked down the hall, I thought I heard crying from the boys’ room, so I stuck my head inside. “What’s […]
