Here’s a funny thing about these B.Y.O.E. events, that is, Bring Your Own Eulogy: So much of the time those anecdotes are maybe a bit more about the speakers than the, er, guest of honor. If you’re in a down mood today — and a memorial generally is NOT a happy hour — you could […]
2/2*: Security Plan for r’Asadink Tiddlywinks Team — Report for the Arkansas State Police *Conclusion. Here’s Part 1 DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — Arkansas Act 859 of 2017 became law this week, partially disarming Act 562 of 2017 from earlier in the session. I have my official gun ban request just about ready. Firearms never have had a place at tiddlywinks […]
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Play Games at Work So No Guns
1/2*: reDeclaration of Athletic Facility *Here’s Part 2 DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — My workplace is eligible. Now that people with concealed weapon permits soon will be welcome to roam armed throughout campus, barred only at qualifying athletic events, it’s time to out my office. Suite 248 also houses the little known but very real r’Asadink Stadium, for tiddlywinks and other […]
It wasn’t work-of-genius good. In fact La La Land shouldn’t be rated on a four-star system because three and a half stars is ambiguous, but the movie was definitely four stars out of five ****o. Other write-ups say, often flatteringly, that the stars’ dancing was good, very good even, but not great. That’s the wrong angle. Leads Ryan Gosling […]
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Canopy Cassoulet
As a volunteer with the refugee resettlement group Canopy Northwest Arkansas, I made a family’s first meal in their new home. The mom and dad, ages 30 and 28, have been living in camps since fleeing Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003. Their son just turned 6. Who knows what they’ve been eating all this time. A recipe, […]
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An Ajar Letter to Arkansas Electors
To the Honorable (Arkansas elector) Dear M-. _______, I am a native of our state, now living in Northwest Arkansas. This letter is to request you vote for any presidential candidate besides Donald J. Trump when the state’s electors meet Monday, Dec. 19. This request does not come from partisanship but from consideration of the […]