Category Archives: Serious Stuff

A monkey with a loaded gun does not make him a marksman

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I wrote four drafts of this #letsblogoff and scrapped every one. I don’t think the world needs another diatribe about how we are all getting stuff for free and think we are owed full service. I’ll let others do that. … Continue reading →

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A middle-aged, middle America impression of OccupyWallStreet

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I’m a middle-aged mutt in this wasteland between the two coasts commonly known as Middle America. Most of the United States lives here, but we rarely — ok never — get asked about important things like politics and the economy. … Continue reading →

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The I Could Do it Better Syndrome

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jane Devin
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You know them. They’re the people who yell at the television on Monday nights, insisting that they could have caught that pass or avoided that tackle. They’re the ones who can’t attend a conference or event without telling other people … Continue reading →

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From my point of view or yours?

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I saw this church across the parking lot of a Morris furniture store in Dayton. I was being dragged to go shopping for a new sofa that I didn’t want and I don’t really need, so I was in a … Continue reading →

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How to deal with a bully

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Warning: This may be offensive to some. I don’t care. When I was about twelve years-old, there was this family of ne’er do-wells who moved into a rental house on Dale Street, between Lafond and Blair in St. Paul. You … Continue reading →

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The real voting fraud in America

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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About two months ago, my 20-year old daughter needed to get a replacement driver’s license. I didn’t ask why because she came home, very excited and told me “I registered to vote. Now I can vote against SB-5.” A few … Continue reading →

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When we fail as readers, we fail as writers

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I read this article in the NY TImes this week about e-books adding music to the “experience.” Champions of this technology justify it by saying it adds to the experience, enhances imagination, meets readers where they are, blah, blah, blah. … Continue reading →

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