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St. Paul’s e-Pistle to Bob

Posted on September 17, 2013 by PMcG

Bobster, I thought it kind of impersonal to be writing an e-Pistle addressed simply to Galoshes.com, so I’ve decided to address each Galosh in a separate post. (This may be the dumbest idea I’ve ever had.) So Bob, did you … Continue reading →

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Descartes on baseball

Posted on September 3, 2013 by PMcG

 I think, therefore I’m thinking of sports By Renee “Buzz” Descartes   We can no longer pretend it isn’t happening—this terrible scandal sweeping professional baseball. I’m talking, of course, about the flagrant use of performance enhancing rugs (PERs). Every day, … Continue reading →

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Infrequently Asked Questions

Posted on August 2, 2013 by PMcG

If a guy named Charles Wood is called “Woodchuck” by his friends, how long before he gets it?  When Johns Hopkins was a boy, did his friends call him Jacks? Why is f*rt a socially taboo word but you can … Continue reading →

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No soup for you

Posted on July 23, 2013 by PMcG

Katherine has just made gazpacho, the soup you don’t blow on.  She says “Do you like gazpacho?”  I reply “Well…”  Katherine says “Well what?”  Hesitantly, I venture “Um…”  She says “Are you afraid that if you say no, you’ll hurt … Continue reading →

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F.A.Q. The Elevator Speech

Posted on July 10, 2013 by PMcG

Q. What exactly is an elevator speech?  A. Imagine you step onto an elevator and find yourself standing next to the Big Garbanzo Bean of the company you’re dying to work for. In the next 30 seconds, before the elevator … Continue reading →

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It is and it aint

Posted on July 4, 2013 by PMcG

Everyone, everywhere, is searching.  Some search for what they once had but foolishly lost. They held it in their bare hands but it dribbled through their fingers. They left it out too long and it went bad. They accidentally flushed … Continue reading →

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