Insomnia Notebook
Tuesday, December 13, 2016

The unpleasant surprise

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Have you tried looking up friends from your past on Facebook? Maybe old girlfriends or boyfriends? Recently I wrote down a list of names I c...
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Thursday, December 08, 2016

The Trump victory: Shock and “awww, sh!t!”

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”We won in a landslide!” It’s been a month now since the presidential election. Are you over it yet? I guess I am, although it was a sh...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Fifty years

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Fifty years is a long time. Five decades. Break it down: in months fifty years is 600 months; in weeks it is 2600 weeks; in days (give or ...
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Thursday, November 17, 2016

The writer who is ecstatic for the Trump victory

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This letter appeared in my local newspaper yesterday. Copyright © 2016 The Salt Lake Tribune Ugh. Gloating! I couldn’t stand it. Th...
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Monday, November 14, 2016

The dog kicker

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Yesterday I saw an obituary for a former fellow school district employee, Brent, who died at age 67. Brent was two years younger than me, ...
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Sunday, November 06, 2016

“The President Will See You...”

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After all of the incivility and trash-talking of the 2016 election cycle, and before that the years of the continuous din of disaffected and...
Friday, November 04, 2016

Jack T Chick takes on the Mormons

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Jack T Chick died last month. He was 92, and he was religious in that old-time religion way. He was not shy about telling everyone who didn’...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Sally, Mimi, Rosie, iced tea, the bee, and me

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Armed with a $5.00 coupon Sally and I went for lunch at Mimi’s restaurant. Our server, whose name I didn’t get, I named “Rosie” in my mind. ...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

"Cul-de-sac" — a ghost story by Postino

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      “I won’t give up,” answered Pete, digging again near the foundation in back of the house. “I know the money is here somewhere. You’v...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

A crazy election can always get crazier

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Utah is a true red state, Republican to the core. I’m a Utahn, but I’m a Democrat, which can be lonely. The reason for the strong Republican...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

A Weird Tales ghost story: “Professor Kate” by Margaret St Clair

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This time of year my mind turns to ghost stories. “Professor Kate” was written by Margaret St Clair, a prolific author working in the pulp m...
Saturday, October 15, 2016

The heaviest heavy — the brief, brilliant movie career of Laird Cregar

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Laird Cregar had a three-year career in Hollywood during the World War II years. He was a large man, 6'3" tall and weighing over 30...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Age catches up

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Yesterday I helped my neighbor cut down some trees and trim some bushes. The trees we cut down were on my side of the fence, but the branche...
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