Category Archives: Writing

Repost: "Yes Virginia. There Was a Writer."

As December opens and with it the holiday thoughts sounds and smells, I decided to repost one of my favorite blog entries from among my own work. It didn’t get much attention first time around, as you can see from the zero comments. But I am quite proud of the piece. Enjoy it here.

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I do it several times a day. Or perhaps the more accurate thing to say would be, several times a day I don’t do it. I will find a blog post or article somewhere, and get something out of it. Sometimes a lot, sometimes just a tiny bit. I will scroll down to the comments section, ready …

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Coffee Shop Blues

The “coffee shop” has become proverbial. Archetypal even. So much creativity, synergy, business, and overall fairy magic seems to radiate out from the bean stocked, foam covered holes-in-the-wall that encircle the Western World. Lives of this generation change in coffee shops. The advertising campaign that finally puts the start-up in the black is devised by …

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Moderated Anonymity

If you have ever left a comment here on this blog or over on Always Off Book, you are aware of two things. The first being that I moderate comments, and the second is that I allow anonymous comments. Neither concept is popular throughout the blogosphere. Some even prefer a blog that allows no comments …

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Cross Post from Always Off Book: Happy Birthday Shakespeare

This is a first for me, but I am cross posting, or at least cross referencing my latest Always Off Book post here on Too XYZ. I am doing so because I am excited to be a part of a week long blogosphere celebration of William Shakespeare’s birthday. I am quite proud of this post, …

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