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Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newspapers. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

We bought our house after seeing a classified ad in the newspaper, and I realize how quaint that is

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We have been in our house for 21 years. That feels like a long time to me, but I know many people who have lived in their homes for 30 or 40...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2023

We grew up in such an analog world that the digital one can be a little jarring

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One of my favorite subplots in the Harry Potter series is Arthur Weasley's continuous fascination with muggles (non-wizards). He is fore...
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Wednesday, October 4, 2023

30 years ago, my pregnant wife delivered newspapers with me (the paper for which I was also a sports writer)

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Terry looked like this and still helped me deliver papers. What a trooper. (Photo used with the express permission of Mrs. Terry Tennant.) I...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

When we used to take little league scores over the phone for the next day's newspaper

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I often bring this up on Aug. 22nd because it was such an important milestone in my career progression, but today is the 33rd anniversary of...
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Monday, April 5, 2021

I read the obits now. Every day, in fact.

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I've heard it said you know you're old when you start reading the death notices in the paper every day. This assumes you read a pape...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The eldest child who can't possibly be as old as the calendar says she is

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  There are many things that date this photo, including: The fact that I have all black hair My stone-washed jeans I'm reading a print n...
Saturday, January 30, 2021

There was a time when Saturday night meant Love Boat, Fantasy Island, and folding newspapers

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I am going to sound very old when I describe what most of my Saturday nights were like in the very early 80s. More often than not, I spent t...
Friday, March 15, 2013

The return of five random thoughts on a Friday

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(1) When my job went bye-bye, so did my newspaper subscription. Consequently, I have no idea what "sequestration" is and why every...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Life among the ink-stained wretches

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You may have noticed on the right side of your screen that the blog is now carrying headlines from the News-Herald, our local newspaper in W...
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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Yes, I still read a newspaper every day

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Every morning I follow essentially the same routine: I get up, I feed the cats, I go downstairs and clean out their litter boxes, and then I...
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