Category Archives: Writing & Social Commentary
The Secret to a Great Dinner Party: Airtime
Bet this has happened to you: You are with two or three people having a [...]
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Jun
Journalists Rejoice!
Carly Fiorina is a candidate for the Republican nomination for president. She may be as [...]
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13 Mind-Blowing Small Business Success Tips
(Or, 13 strategies you didn’t read in the Harvard Business Review) Through many dangers, [...]
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May
“Hey, Rick, shoot the lock off the ‘strongbox!'”
Good luck with that one. In old western movies, when the bad guys rob the [...]
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May
Strange Use of Language
Gimme a Zero! * Why do we keep substituting letters for numbers? Why is Highway [...]
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May
On The Lighter Side
True educational stories from three levels: grammar school, junior high, and high school. 1950, Hillside [...]
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May
Strange Human Behavior / Beliefs
Suicide Bombers in Paradise Legend has it that if you are martyred as a suicide [...]
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Hooray for SB128!
California is getting closer to joining Oregon and other forward looking states in allowing people [...]
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A Magical Photo at the US Supreme Court
As Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin, my sister-in-law, Maureen McGlynn Flanagan, was [...]
Mar
Challenging Fraternity Conformity: The Story of John Lopez
Fraternities have been getting a bad rap in the news lately, in some cases, well [...]
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Mar
In a Coma, They Really Can Hear You: Last Words to John Cope
(N.B. If raw sexual humor is offensive to you, please do not read this article.) [...]
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Mar
Gloria Steinem autographs photo for McGlynn sisters
When I met with Gloria Steinem I brought along a photo of Mary and [...]
Mar
What To Do With Your Great Photos
So, you ignored my advice to stay the hell away from digital photography (see: http://rickgilbert.net/#/n_1487). [...]
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Mar
Bob Dylan Does the American Songbook
Interviewer: Don’t you think this album is risky? Fans will say you can’t touch Sinatra’s [...]
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Photo contest with the theme of architecture
I’ve just entered a photo contest with the theme of architecture. To see some of [...]
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Mar
Gloria Steinem Quotes
Here are my favorite Gloria Steinem quotes from the San Miguel Writers’ Conference… It’s [...]
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Feb
“Slithering into Decrepitude”
What I like most about doing this blog is the great responses I get [...]
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Feb
Writing Workshop Stories
I recently attended a writing workshop given by Ellen Sussman. Here are two stories from [...]
Feb
Funny Meeting You Here…
It really was a dark and stormy night. My friend and Chief of the ER [...]
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Feb
Patriotism 101: The Naturalization of Markus Zirn
“We will read the name of each country represented here today. As your country is [...]
Feb
My Pubic Mohawk
“Do you know you have varicocele?” the doctor said, matter-of-factly. I said, “Huh? What is [...]
Jan
The Investiture of Troop 23
“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” – William Faulkner Fifteen [...]
Jan
C.S. Lewis and a Life-Changing Event
I was attending a speech writers’ conference in New York. At the end of day one, [...]
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Terrific TV Commercials
“You are good at a lot of things, but parallel parking isn’t one of them.” [...]