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No Mand's Land: Withdrawal, Snobbery, and The Road
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Withdrawal, Snobbery, and The Road. In late August and September I experienced a flurry of acting. Is the memorable refrain from Dicken's Nicholas Nickelby. We are all outcasts, McCarthy says. Life sucks, and then you die. Follow me on Twitter.
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No Mand's Land: Fry Baby
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Sunday, February 22, 2009. Chewing gum is through the roof! Whittling is making a comeback, especially now that chances are good that your local hospital has someone on staff that can reattach a finger or two. There were no drive-thrus then, but neither were there long lines,...
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No Mand's Land: Tweedle Dee and Twitter Dumb
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Tweedle Dee and Twitter Dumb. I'm writing a column about Twitter. 10:49 AM Mar 14th from web. I’m Twittering as we speak. I’m writing about Twitter and Twittering about writing about Twitter. And that’s final. 3:23 PM Mar 14th from web. Yeah, you̵...
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No Mand's Land: Pigging Out!
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Friday, May 01, 2009. The first thing I want to say is that there is no reason for alarm. I want to reassure you, the public, that there is no reason for panic. This is just Step 47, in a 66 Step Public Health Pandemic Program. But relax: we are a long way from Step 48. But t...
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No Mand's Land: Revenge is Sweet!
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Friday, November 06, 2009. In most cases the prevailing wisdom suggests that beggars can’t be choosers. Or to trot out another cliché, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. So what are we going to do with the folks who give out pretzels – you know who you are! Or just as evil...
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No Mand's Land: Lincoln Navigator Blues
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Tuesday, October 20, 2009. I’m not a hayseed, or a hick from French Lick, or a rube, or a boob, or a hockey puck or. (fill in with your favorite expression here). I’m not your average idiot, right? Were the stars aligned? Did you get my Navigator? Follow me on Twitter.
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No Mand's Land: Looking for Spring
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Ellisville Harbor parking lot: 12:40 pm. I’ve never been ‘here’ before. I’ve been by here a hundred, maybe a thousand times. I couldn’t wait any longer though. I needed to get away. I needed to get out. I needed to replenish. To the right of the path ...
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No Mand's Land: Weather Tip: How Not to Go Arse Over Teakettle
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Thursday, January 29, 2009. Weather Tip: How Not to Go Arse Over Teakettle. Don’t put them on. Stay inside. Look out the window and say, “Holy mudhead, mackerel, the whole finger-lickin’ world is one big sheet of ice! Rails, bars, limbs, fence posts, parked cars…. 8221; But, ...
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No Mand's Land: Get Your Goat!
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Not just topical columns, but life. 25 years of notes on a life, sometimes appearing in newspaper columns entitled, 'Model City Zen', 'Clean Fill', and - most recently, 'No Mand's Land'. Sometimes appearing only here, or in my head. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. We need a bigger goat. We need an oversized patsy, a certified whipping boy, a forty-foot fall guy. What about the Commander in Chief? And speaking of the ‘last guy’, let’s get it out the way: we can’t blame him either. It ...Okay, so where was I?