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What Caricatures Teach Us About Ourselves

Posted on September 12, 2025 by mitchteemley

Caricatures have been around as long as people have. When we mock or tease someone, we do it by caricaturing them–exaggerating their features or mannerisms. My acting students once did a “celebrity roast” of me, imitating idiosyncrasies I barely knew I … Continue reading →

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When Bullies Win, Everyone Loses

Posted on April 18, 2022 by mitchteemley

Thought for the Week “Though the boys throw stones at the frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, they die in earnest.”  ~Bion of Borysthenes (325 – 250 B.C.) Suicides among children have tripled since the start … Continue reading →

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Caption This Photo

Posted on April 7, 2022 by mitchteemley

(Caption winner gets the other half of the puppy!) I don’t know about you, but I don’t just see a cute puppy; I see a metaphor for how people feel about the world these days. But — and here’s the … Continue reading →

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The Time of an End and a New Beginning

Posted on March 19, 2022 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Pondering what the boy “from another world” had said before he … Continue reading →

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To See the Unseeable

Posted on March 10, 2022 by mitchteemley

Although this is a work of science fiction, one has only to open their eyes to see that there are real monsters in our midst. Marine biology isn’t exactly a magnet for military financing. But the Harcrest Institute’s startling claims … Continue reading →

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