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Siblings
When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Economics, Personal History, Plain English, The Twentieth Man, Veterans
Tagged Ambition, Brothers, College, College Tuition, Competition, education, Family, Family Dynamics, Fathers, Finance, GI Bill, GI Bill of Rights, Hope, Siblings, Sisters, Truth, Veterans
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Tupperware, The Last Word
I haven’t actually attended a Tupperware Party since childhood but I learn by observing. While it’s nice to share cookies and soups and leftovers and such with all your friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers there is a dark side to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Observations
Tagged "The United States of America", Childhood, Family, Hell, Judgement, Law, Sharing, Tupperware, Tupperware Parties
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The Twentieth Man – Explained
Here’s a question: To what does “The Twentieth Man” refer? – Amy On the Internet I’m known as The Twentieth Man. In Internet parlance this pseudonym (false name) goes by many other names: Sometimes it’s called an Account Name. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in For Feminists, Human Sacrifice, The Twentieth Man, Uncategorized, Veterans
Tagged "The United States of America", A wolf in sheep's clothing, Account Name, Alias, Anonymous, Army, Association, Avatar, Buyer's Mode, CB Radio, Citizens Band, Culture Civilization, current-events, Decimation, Donald Trump, Economics, Employment, Family, Fear, Gangs, Government Policy, Ham Radio, Handle, Henry Smith, Homelessness, Human Sacrifice, Hunger, Incription Bullets, Internet, internet parlance, John Doe, Knowledge, Labor, Labor Economics, Labor Market, Mary Roe, Military Discipline, Moniker, Movement, Nom de Plume, On Line Persona, Organization, Passwords, Politics, Privacy, Pseudonyms, Psychology, Pyramid Scheme, Reputation, Safety, Screen Name, Screenname, Security Protcol, Seller's Mode, Sheep, Shortwave, Social Order, Society, Special Interest Groups, Stress, Tag, Terror, Terrorism, The Roman Empire, The Twentieth Man, Truth, twentiethman, Unemployment, User, User Name, Username, Vicesimus Vir, Wolf, Wolfpack, Wolves, World War I, WWI
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Raising the Roof
Follow if you can. I shall make magic in your imagination. I shall magically turn you into a giant. You are now 200 feet tall. We go for a stroll. We come upon an old fashioned one-room schoolhouse. Since you … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Culture, Family, Home, Mass Communications, Mass Media, Parenting, Psychology, Society, Television
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