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Jan.20.2012
In December I hit a major milestone: My 20th anniversary as a member of the Noble County Sheriff’s Department.Doesn’t seem possible, does it? I mean, I seem so young and fresh …I’ve often joked that anyone who works for more than ten years in a dispatch center should automatically be considered...
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Jan.17.2012
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Jan.12.2012
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
There are certain questions guaranteed – absolutely guaranteed – to cause trouble: “What else could go wrong?” “What does this do?” “Why don’t we invade Russia?”
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Dec.23.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
I was going to do something serious for my Christmas column this year. It’s a serious time; besides, as I write this there’s a special on Discovery about various disasters that could...
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Dec.15.2011
Sorry I've been scarce; I've started on three new medications for various problems within the last two weeks, and they've pretty much kicked my butt through a wall. If I don't feel better by Christmas I'm having my body amputated.
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
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Dec.09.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK Well, that was fun. There’s nothing like getting the first snowstorm of winter ... a month before winter. The first major event of the...
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Dec.01.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” ― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho
I don’t usually talk about this much, but I’ve got...
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Nov.24.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
My daughter got married this month.
I know what you’re thinking: “But Mark, you’re not old enough!” Darn tootin’. The scandalous...
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Nov.17.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
I’ve been working on a press release for my second book signing, and it made me think about wind instruments.
You see, I was brought up...
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Nov.09.2011
SLIGHTLY OFF THE MARK
Author’s note: I wrote this column in late summer, and kept it as filler in case, for some reason, something happened to keep me from writing a new one. Now, in early November, my fiancée is...
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