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VA: In Defense of my Mother

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:51:41 +0000

I had intended to write a couple of follow up articles to Childhood: Then and Now, but something terrible happened. That damn article made it to the front page of […]

Original post: In Defense of my Mother

VA: Childhood: Then and Now

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:00:58 +0000

When I was a little kid, my parents pushed me out the front door every day.
“Come back when the streetlights come on,” they said.
Oftentimes, my 3 year old brother was […]

Original post: Childhood: Then and Now

VA: American Idol Contestant Sings a Song About Child Molestation

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:53:06 +0000

A couple of nights ago, I was thumbing through the channels on my TV set when, resigned and bored, I briefly settled on American Idol. A contestant, whose name I […]

Original post: American Idol Contestant Sings a Song About Child Molestation

VA: Calling All Degenerates

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:06:18 +0000

I’ll admit it.
Reviewing EJ was a lot of fun. In fact, I had so much fun skewering that self important little bastard, that when someone else offered me cold […]

Original post: Calling All Degenerates

VA: Natural Selection?

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:53:15 +0000

Brother: V, would you ever willingly give birth to a downs baby?
V: No way in Hell.
Brother: [to husband] What about you? Would you want her to have a downs baby?
Husband: […]

Original post: Natural Selection?

VA: What I Think About Extremejohn.com

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:25:52 +0000

Awhile back ago, I signed up on reviewme.com for a lark. I figured most of the people who paid for other sites to review them expected positive reviews or, in […]

Original post: What I Think About Extremejohn.com

VA: How I Learned to Despise Christians

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:49:57 +0000

The first thing I thought when I saw him was: I bet he’s a vegetarian.
He had all the telltale signs. Tall and lanky. Overgrown, curly gray hair. Knitted mittens. Plaid […]

Original post: How I Learned to Despise Christians

VA: Life Is No Fun Unless You’re Excluding Someone

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:18:12 +0000

I was sitting on the couch, thumbing through a book. The children were gathered around the dining room table making signs to decorate the new fort they had built with […]

Original post: Life Is No Fun Unless You’re Excluding Someone

VA: Dead Wrong Turn

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:26:15 +0000

Guest Writer: Jim McPartland
I was heading back from Avon, CT on my way to Milford Saturday from a writers networking meeting. I was on my way to its annual Oyster […]

Original post: Dead Wrong Turn

VA: A Christmas Irony

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:43:30 +0000

This year, Christmas for me included a trip to the hospital.
I woke up Christmas day with a fairly bad headache. Knowing that a trip to my in-laws would likely make […]

Original post: A Christmas Irony