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Why I Decided to Grow a Beard

Posted on December 21, 2024 by mitchteemley

No, it wasn’t to look like this guy. ⇒ It was because I needed a beard to look like a proper manly writer (or at least a very avant garde female writer). ⇐ Growing it was the worst part. It … Continue reading →

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The Twelve Laughs of Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

Actually, there are fifteen, but who’s counting? Anyway, here are a few chuckles for you before you jump up, yell, “Shoot! I forgot to buy something for What’s-his-name!” and rush back out the door. Click on any image to enlarge … Continue reading →

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Have a Wonderfullish Week!

Posted on December 11, 2024 by mitchteemley

Have a wonderfullish week, and then a perfecticle weekend, and then an even wonderfuller nextish week, and then suddenly it’ll be Christmas! So just keep on going, and before you know it, it’ll be Christmas again! ζ       … Continue reading →

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The World’s Most Useless Inventions

Posted on December 6, 2024 by mitchteemley

Inventions! Where would we be without them? Did you know that money doesn’t grow on trees? Someone actually had to invent it! Why? So we could use it to buy other things that don’t grow on trees, like: Computers! Airplanes! … Continue reading →

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Lousy God

Posted on December 4, 2024 by mitchteemley

“You are God!” a Hindu friend told me. “Sorry,” I replied, “but I could never follow a religion with such low standards.”

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Is Meekness a Weakness … or a Strength?

Posted on November 20, 2024 by mitchteemley

Meekness is indeed considered a weakness in the modern world. Which is sad, because the original definition of the word meek is “patient and humble.” And those are two qualities our world is in desperate need of! (If that’s OK with … Continue reading →

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How I Became a Bad Boy

Posted on November 12, 2024 by mitchteemley

©The Shakespearean Tavern Playhouse My Real Memoir I was young and unshackled. I’d launched a street theatre group, The Right Pithee Players, and in our freewheeling improv performances, I would flirt with the crowd, tousle hair, steal caresses. And so would my … Continue reading →

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