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TOXIC MALE? HOW TO TELL

April 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Baby boomers were exposed to the toxic male early on, but it had another name: Junior High Football Coach. But it wasn’t their fault, it was just the times. When guys with names like Dick Butkus, Ray Nitschke, and Sam Huff were stuffing guys like Jim Brown and Jim Taylor, every coach wanted their players […]

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PEP TALK? MY BEST MEMORY BEFORE A BIG WRESTLING MATCH

April 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

When does a pep talk make all the difference? You’re warmed up, ready to go, just as the coach gives last instructions. As a high school wrestler in my second year, I needed all the pep I could get. Ordinarily you wouldn’t put a second year guy out against a well known mauler, but . […]

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FRAGILE MEN CLUB? YOU’RE ALREADY SIGNED UP

April 24, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Fragile men had no place in Western American history stories about the savage frontier and cruel hardships. Nor in the early industrialization with mighty oil, steel, and railroad barons casting their deepening shadows across the land. Writers found other virtues to extoll other than common frailties. The western frontier needed stories of valor and sacrifice […]

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TRUST, HOPE, THEN EXPLOIT

April 23, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

If you believe in the power of trust, hope, and faith, and you should, what could go wrong? Do it right and you’ll find yourself in the company of others with the same beliefs. At first. Then time reveals other plans.

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FEELING JAMMED FOR TIME? AND EVERYTHING ELSE

April 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I’m feeling jammed for time when I hear this in my brain: “I’m late, I’m late! For a very important date! No time to say ‘hello, goodbye,’ I’m late, I’m late, I’m late!” “Be On Time,” is my mantra. I’m saying it right now. (beontime beontime beontime) Can’t hurt but, ??????

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MICRO MEMOIR II: LEAVING TOWN CHRISTMAS PARTY

April 20, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Leaving town used to be easy, if I remember right. Pack a bag, get in a car, hop on bus, and leave. “I’ll be there in a few days.” Same story going out to Brooklyn as leaving:

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LEAVING TOWN IN THE 70’S, A MICRO MEMOIR

April 19, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

When you say you’re leaving town for good it doesn’t start with a packed bag. You need to let the landlord know, the boss know, your friends. The best town I ever left was the Brooklyn borough of New York City. See ya, suckers.

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TOYOTA HIGHLANDER FOR LIFE?

April 18, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I owned a Toyota Highlander, but it didn’t start that way. Somehow the wife and I went to a car dealership traded a van and ended up with a Rav4. She decided it was the worst car ever since I insisted on the barebones cheapest version. By the time we got home I knew it […]

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CIVIL WAR CLOSE UP

April 17, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

How often have you seen a movie like Civil War in iMax and got closeups of the stars. Oppenheimer did it with detailed inspection of faces from about an inch away. I’m fan of movie stars in all their glory, but do we need the dermatology exam camera work? That’s the visual effect of […]

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HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

April 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.

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TOXIC MALE? HOW TO TELL

PEP TALK? MY BEST MEMORY BEFORE A BIG WRESTLING MATCH

FRAGILE MEN CLUB? YOU’RE ALREADY SIGNED UP

TRUST, HOPE, THEN EXPLOIT

FEELING JAMMED FOR TIME? AND EVERYTHING ELSE

MICRO MEMOIR II: LEAVING TOWN CHRISTMAS PARTY

LEAVING TOWN IN THE 70’S, A MICRO MEMOIR

TOYOTA HIGHLANDER FOR LIFE?

CIVIL WAR CLOSE UP

HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

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