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What Would Make America Truly Great Again?

Posted on January 20, 2025 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week Donald Trump is being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This is weightier than it sounds. Why? Because, while Mr. Trump professes to “Make America Great Again” largely by protecting us against others, Dr. King … Continue reading →

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I Finally Found the Perfect Blog Name

Posted on January 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

How to Choose a Blog Name After abandoning the title Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Him! I did what any creative guy would do: polled my Facebook friends for steal-able ideas. “I need a name that represents more than … Continue reading →

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Here They Are: My Biggest Hits of 2024!

Posted on January 17, 2025 by mitchteemley

Forget the Grammys and Academy Awards, here’s the award show everyone’s really been waiting for: My most popular blog posts of 2024! Things took a strange turn last year when a bunch of traffic-blocking glitches kicked-in. Result? My most-read blogs … Continue reading →

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Four Steps to Becoming a Superhero

Posted on January 15, 2025 by mitchteemley

1) Choose the right costume (very important). 2) Wear costume no matter how hard it is to put on. 3) Practice being super every day. 4) Choose a Super-name no one else has (very important). Have a Super Year, friends! … Continue reading →

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Don’t Read This, You’ll Only Encourage Me

Posted on January 11, 2025 by mitchteemley

My 3rd Grade Notebook (with 5th Grade photo “enhanced” by 5th-Grade-Me) How to Choose a Blog Name Ten years ago, I launched my blog site with this quip: “Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. Is this thing on?” … Continue reading →

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Odd and Sometimes Oddly Beautiful Critters

Posted on January 10, 2025 by mitchteemley

While unashamedly quirky, these creatures are also uniquely beautiful, cute, or at least adorably ugly–the Proboscis Monkey has a face only Jimmy Durante’s mother could love. (For the scarier variety, click here.) Remember, beauty is only skin–or fur or feathers–deep. … Continue reading →

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There’s Magic in the World!

Posted on January 4, 2025 by mitchteemley

How The Wishing Map Came to Be Just in time for Christmas, I finished revising the epic fantasy I originally created for The Walt Disney Company. And now you can read the entire novel here at The Power of Story … Continue reading →

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11 of the World’s Most Unique Hotels

Posted on January 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Sure, the December/New Year holiday season is past. But that doesn’t mean you can’t dream of a unique hotel getaway. And these are as unique as it gets! Underwater hotels are available in many places. But the Maldives’ Rangali Island … Continue reading →

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My Extreme Daytripping Adventures

Posted on January 2, 2025 by mitchteemley

After seven years, my wife and I decided to revisit beautiful Clifty Falls State Park, near the charming historical town of Madison, Indiana. Why the long delay? Because extreme things happen to me there! Clifty features four scenic waterfalls and … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas From an Insensitive Boob!

Posted on December 25, 2024 by mitchteemley

When I say Merry Christmas in public, I’m often rewarded with an Oh, that’s right, your generation doesn’t know any better look, and a corrective “Happy Holidays.” Just for the record, I do know better. The Christmases I grew up … Continue reading →

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