Tag Archives: death

Death

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

   I used to think of death as: Delete File and empty trash.     Now I think of it as: Save Copy (in the cloud) and meet the Programmer.

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Billy Graham Dead? Don’t Believe It!

Posted on February 22, 2018 by

“The people’s pastor,” Billy Graham is dead. Or is he? He ranked decade after decade as one of the most admired people on the planet, and yet he was the first to admit his flaws. And that, perhaps, was the … Continue reading →

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St. Valentine’s Day: In Memoriam

Posted on February 15, 2018 by

89 years after the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: 17 innocent people (unlike the 7 warring mobsters in Chicago) were murdered. They were mown down with a deadly weapon wielded by an emotionally disturbed young man. What can I say … Continue reading →

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My Phobia

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

Part One: I Dare You (Warning: Graphic violence) My parents loved visiting their old friends Don and Gina, who had an only child named Craig (I’m an only child, too). I didn’t really enjoy being with Craig, because, although I … Continue reading →

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The Biggest Event

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

We plan our lives around big events, birthdays, marriages, moves to new places. So why do we ignore the biggest event of all? Death. Shouldn’t that, more than anything else, affect the way we live? And if there’s even the … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 94

Posted on December 13, 2017 by

Originally posted on Mitch Teemley:
Note: To read The Wishing Map from the beginning, click here. The Wishing Map Chapter Nineteen: The Naim Games (Continued) Previously: Zack was stunned to discover that the terrifying apparition who’d halted the naims’ civil…

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November

Posted on November 25, 2017 by

The last leaves tremble on the ground as the snow arrives to bury them securing the peace that they have found and daring the world to start again

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