Behind the Ironic Column

One of my writing groups recently had a discussion about truisms that aren’t really true – or things that seem like they “should” be true but are sometime false.  Happiness may indeed connect directly to a warm puppy (per the Peanuts comic strip) but it doesn’t always connect to a ...

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According to Andy Warhol, we all get 15 minutes of fame.  I’m not sure that actually pencils out but it’s a nice generalization.  These days what I’m getting instead is 15 minutes of shredding.  Perhaps that’s a kind of fame but I really don’t think so. As you already know, I’ve ...

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Rummaging through the kitchen cabinet or, more accurately, rummaging through the boxes on top of the counter, I finally find some sealed foil pouches of Earl Grey.  I knew there had to be some.  I don’t drink tea so often these days – some switch seems to have turned to ...

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One of the amusing things I’ve noticed about all this clearing out of old records is that my spending habits are remarkably consistent.  And I used to use checks for almost everything in those days so it’s pretty clear where my money went.  These days of course I’d have to ...

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And what does it cross over to?  Is it obsession or something else?  As you know, I’ve been sorting through files that probably “should” have been sorted out years ago.  But I’m banishing the word “should” from my vocabulary and I’m definitely not going to feel guilty about a box ...

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OK, I definitely don’t need to know the setback rules for decks in a taxing jurisdiction that I lived in 10 years ago.  Undoubtedly they’ve changed anyway.  Plus, the likelihood of my ever living there again, or writing a novel that just happens to need those specific facts, is very ...

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