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Zen, and the art of Kid Maintenance

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it … Continue reading →

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Trolling my barista friends

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Mind you, I have two entire binders chock FULL of this kind of nonsense.  There’s something about placing the administrative/H.R. departments of various organizations in a reflexive, compulsory arm-bar–they MUST answer.  Whether or not they are in the mood to … Continue reading →

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An odd stage fright with no audience

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I just realized something. I’m actually afraid to type the first sentence of the book I have in my head. In fact, I’m a tad freaked out about it, because I don’t have a reluctant writing bone in my body … Continue reading →

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I Am Not Responsible For Justin Beiber

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It’s bad enough that I’m having to cut back on roaming to and fro in the earth as it is–that and trying to swat down any of this horrid nonsense that I am somehow responsible for this one-off, repurposed Vanilla … Continue reading →

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If anyone can conflate an oatmeal recipe with Holy writ, I can

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Right around the turn of the millennium, I found myself working for a local Best Western establishment.  It was a desk job, and primarily one that involved a ridiculously busy cache of check-ins and telephone reservations. Even though it fell … Continue reading →

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Take a few minutes to jam with Ukulelien

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

In woodshedding the ukulele, I do what most do when marshaling the bloodhounds and hunting down the faint smells of related interests: I start scouring YouTube. Now, it IS possible for those outside the world of ukulele, to still be … Continue reading →

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In which I meld a tired Hitler meme with an Amazon review of “Muppet Christmas Carol.”

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

When I first read the book No easy Day by Mark Owen (The infamous release that recounts the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden), he particularly channeled a recurring theme in the life of many: a concept called the “Good … Continue reading →

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Ralph Nader, Snowden, and the joy of trolling

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Chances are, if anyone has managed to find themselves under some sort of surveillance, it’s me.  Me and Father Guido Sarducci . . . or, Lazlo Toth . . . or, as he is known to his family, Don Novello. … Continue reading →

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Yelling “fire” in the theater of the mind

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

About a year ago, I decided that I was going to make a film. Not some knawing, cinematic tapeworm that consumes three, non-refundable hours of your life, like Meet Joe Black, but a short, eleven-minute ride. “It should be easy,” … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day, Dad’s near incarceration, and an antediluvian rigging of the thimbles

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Not a lot to peel forth on today. Remembering my own WWII Father and the stories he told me. One of which got him yanked out of a cockpit and preemptively detained in the presence of General MacCarthur. But that’s … Continue reading →

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