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Introduction to “Selling Dead People’s Thing: Inexplicably True Tales, A Vintage Memoir”

Posted onApril 21, 2019

Now, I know you want to get going. You've been in my van for only a minute or two and you're already whining "Drive, Drive!" Okay, I get it. You want me to take you on another house call, meet the administrator of our next estate, then push me down a flight of basement...

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People, Not Objects: A Review of “Selling Dead People’s Things”… By Christina Zawadiwsky

Posted onSeptember 15, 2018September 15, 2018

'PEOPLE. NOT OBJECTS." Christina Zawadiwsky, 2018 - "Our objects define us, an old saying tells us, and as I was viewing the McQueen Movie (biopic of fashion designer Alexander McQueen), I realized that the dresses (objects) he created and the performance art myths he presented with them to the world did tell his...

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Is Politics Dirty? Yes, If You’re Doing It Right…

Posted onMarch 1, 2017April 16, 2018

Jane Byrne Was Not A Witch. She was a Democrat. And everyone knows Democrats make terrible witches. Conflict is not their best feature. Plus there are those cat allergies. Now take a flashback in history. A time of upheaval, political instability and-- can you believe it? A snow storm that would change the course of...

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Duane Scott CernyGraduating from Northeastern Illinois University on a poetry scholarship (crazy, right?), I stumbled from one soon-to-be-going-out-of-business employer to the next. Finally, I decided to try to fail in my own self-employment, founding a small legal word processing firm. Surprisingly, it was a success. CONTINUE

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