Monthly Archives for June 2008

The Sad, Slow Decline of the Clown

When I was a kid I feared clowns of all types, even the ones that silently made bal­loon ani­mals and hats and swords. You couldn’t really see their true faces, they acted strangely and wore bizarre oth­er­worldly cloth­ing. That weird … Con­tinue read­ing

23. June 2008 by Glenn Vance
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If They’ll Mow My Yard, I’ll Welcome Our Robot Overlords Willingly

In Texas we’re enter­ing that time of year when the mer­cury reg­u­larly reaches the upper stratos­phere and the humid­ity is com­pletely unbear­able. Sum­mer (offi­cially) is right around the cor­ner and already we’ve hit the 100 degree mark in Dal­las sev­eral … Con­tinue read­ing

19. June 2008 by Glenn Vance
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Our Tallest and Shortest Presidents

I just fin­ished read­ing Geof­frey Perret’s excel­lent book “Lincoln’s War: The Untold Story of America’s Great­est Pres­i­dent as Com­man­der in Chief”. It’s a great read, espe­cially for some­one like me who was never very inter­ested in any­thing to do with … Con­tinue read­ing

14. June 2008 by Glenn Vance
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I Can’t Stop Thinking of Ways to Kill Zombies at the Office

I started and stopped read­ing sev­eral times a book called World War Z. It’s a com­pletely seri­ous take of what hap­pened to the world and its pop­u­la­tion fol­low­ing a zom­bie apoc­a­lypse some­time in the not-to-distant future. It’s creepy and kinda … Con­tinue read­ing

09. June 2008 by Glenn Vance
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