The Longest Night of the Year

Greetings, friends, Let me start off inspirational this time; most of you will be reading this on 20 December, the day before the Solstice a...

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Anti-"Christmas Is Jesus' Birthday"

Greetings, friends, As some of you witnessed, the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the Hollywood Christmas Parade, which after missing for ten y...

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A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Screeds

Greetings, friends, Tonight was one of those weird nights when I think I'm living on an alien planet. I stepped off the bus near my apar...

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The Republic of California

Greetings, friends, The last election brought home a certain disconnect between them and us, eh? Feeling bad? Maybe it's time to start b...

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The Inmates Take Over the Asylum

Greetings, friends, Well, it's a great day for Amerika...maybe not so good for California. If you're curious, here's the results...

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The Angelic Mini-Screed

Greetings, Those crazy Angel fans are so sincere in their devil red, packing the streets down there in Anaheim and celebrating their first W...

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The Pro-Anti-Anti-Anti Screed

Greetings, many friends, Here's something scary just before the holiday. No, it's not war, death and destruction...someone else is s...

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Pre-Halloween Fright Night

Greetings, many friends, Let me start this out directly: where's all the money? I guess it's my fault for not LEANING on you more. I...

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The Last Screed Left Alive on Earth

Greetings, many friends, My, my, so much has happened, it makes you proud to be an American. In this screed I only touch on the digestible b...

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Happy Monday

Greetings, friends, Sometimes you get to see the glow around people, and those moments are to be treasured. For those who made an appearance...

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Wednesday Infamy

Greetings, friends, Well, we all know what day this is, don't we? That's right...it's Roberta Hoffman's birthday. Everybody ...

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If You Oppose WAR on Iraq Emergency Bulletin

Greetings, friends, this one is short, but something about it appeals to my inner radical child, Hey Paul, by coincidence I received this th...

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The Early Warning

Greetings, friends. Yeah, just like last year. "Is it that time already?" Yeah, it's Sunset Junction in two weeks, and then in...

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Mother of All Screeds

Greetings, many friends, Thanks to a major reconfiguration of my address book, this is the "mother of all screeds"...many of you h...

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Vive le Screed!

Greetings, many friends, Before I depart for Europe, I have some select words of wisdom... "Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minu...

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The Anti-Anti-Screed

Greetings, friends, Who needs to say a word when all your worst nightmares are on TV? No, it's not a punk rock lyric from the Eighties. ...

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The Armenian Genocide

Greetings, friends, Yah, Wednesday was the day we pay homage to the Armenian Genocide (that was in Turkey, folks) which set a really, really...

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Get Into the Screed, You Know You Do...

Greetings, friends, The screed returns, and not a moment too soon. As Cowboy Johnny used to say, the worm is turning. The Congress is gettin...

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