Category Archives: #AtoZchallenge2014

U is for…

I suppose I’ll be cliché today and write about a topic that generally springs to mind when one hears the letter U. No, not umbrella. Or uvula. Tho there’s a funny story there, about a friend who had his uvula … Continue reading

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T is for…

T is for Things, Various Again, typically I start each blog with a list of things I’m not talking about, but today I’m just gonna yammer on about several different topics, in no particular order. I am tired. Not of … Continue reading

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S is for…

I’m not sure why I started each post of this here challenge by telling you what my letter is not for, but it’s tradition now, so I guess I’ll have to continue. My S is not for space-monkeys. My writerly … Continue reading

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R is for…

R is for AUURRRRGGGHH. Just kidding. It’s not for rain either, this ceaseless, ceaseless rain, along with this ceaseless, ceaseless winter that won’t quite turn into spring. And it’s not for rant; obviously I took care of (most of) that … Continue reading

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Q is for…

So, I’ve been blogging every day for three weeks straight, and boy are my arms tired! (Ba-dum!) Anywho… I’m obviously delusional from tiredness, but it’s now day something-or-other, the day for the letter Q. I thought about writing about quirks, … Continue reading

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P is for…

No sense beating around the bush today: P is for Pet Peeves That’s right. I coulda saved this post for R, and made that letter stand for rant… I could have even used three other topics I thought of, all … Continue reading

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O is for…

So, here I am, late in the day – yet again – for today’s letter, which happens to be O. My co-conspirator in this here madness, Chad Clark, wrote about a Okuri-inu monster. If you want to know what that … Continue reading

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