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Sears Catalogs and Car Garages | Mark’s Remarks
No, I’m not old enough to refer to the Sears catalog the way my grandparents did. The catalog had many functions and gave a whole new meaning to the word…
Farewell | Planet Ryan
What a strange, saddening month it has been. As you read a few weeks ago, I recently lost my younger brother in a tragic hit-and-run accident. Our family was still…
Pseudoparents | Mark’s Remarks
We took my mom along for a weekend trip recently, and it’s always fun to have her along. Our parents remind us we are someone’s child too, even when we…
Staying Awake on Saturday Night | Mark’s Remarks
I was tinkering around the house the other day and an infomercial came on. It was “The Lost Episodes of the Carol Burnett Show.” It was the first time I’ve…
Cody | Planet Ryan
Two weeks ago, I received utterly devastating news about my younger brother, Cody, who was tragically killed in a hit-and-run accident in Florida where he lived. The pain and shock…
Column Ideas | Mark’s Remarks
It’s not easy coming up with things to write about every week. The hardest part is having an idea hit you, make total sense and seem to be such a…
Losing Touch Again | Mark’s Remarks
You really never think it’s going to happen to you. Suddenly, you find you have lost touch with modern society and much of what you know is passe. Just like…
‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ | Movie Review
“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” Being the bibliophile I am, I picked up Ransom Rigg’s “Miss Pergrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” because the cover intrigued me. Also a lover…
W.A.R. Reports and Too Much Paperwork | Mark’s Remarks
I can’t tell you how many people I’ve talked to in the past few weeks about the amount of paperwork and extra things they seem to have to do at…
Self-Deprecation and the Dukes of Hazzard | Mark’s Remarks
Looking back at past columns, I can’t help noticing that I am what you’d call a vain person. I write about it a lot, it seems. Yes, I want to…