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Author Archives: Eric Miller
New Wheels Help Baby Boomer’s Game
(Published in Hockey Player Magazine, December 2019) “I always liked speed.” Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens They are not Ferrari fast. But they’re quicker than my old Lego® block wheels. “Get decent wheels dude,” Tex advised. A regular season Blazer teammate, … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged fast nhl hockey players, in-line hockey, komodo dragon, konixx wheels
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Veteran Pen Pal Comes Knocking at Door
(Readers: I wrote this story based on an event nine years ago, glad to update it a bit.) Eighty words bridged seven thousand miles. “Write to a soldier and cheer them up,” said Mrs. Larsen, while coordinating a holiday writing … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Parent and Kids
Tagged alabama crimson tide, csu rams, letters to solders, US Army, Veteran's Day
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Sierra Nevada Brewery Hosts 13th Annual Trivia Bee for Literacy
“I am part of everything that I have read.” Theodore Roosevelt Hold the date trivia nerds. Box up the Scrabble game and come out for a good time. It’s a big night for big brains and bigger laughs. What is … Continue reading
Posted in Community
Tagged adult literacy, beer and trivia, butte county library, literacy programming, Sierra Nevada Brewery
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Faith, Friends and Fortitude
“A wife of noble character, who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.“ Proverbs 31:10 I hadn’t hugged her for years. Not because of a jealous mate, but because one of us had cooties. Lin had bad blood … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Travel
Tagged bone marrow cancer, cancer research, grand canyon rafting, multiple myelomo
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Hanging Out With Old Attitudes
They are kids with wrinkled skin who wear plenty of attitude. Shuttle vans park outside the main entrance to cart them to and fro, whether to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping or to the movies. Panel doors slide open and wheel … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Parent and Kids
Tagged assisted living centers, attitude, geriatric care, retirement, senior care
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It’s Summer. Time to Pitch.
“So God has a lava lamp. I’m cool with that.” Tom Bodett, pitchman for Motel 6 He made a career pitching hotel rooms. In the mid 1980’s Tom Bodett lived in Homer, Alaska, the southernmost town in the state’s highway … Continue reading
Posted in The Humor Project
Tagged advertising pitches, baseball pitches, hot dogs, motel 6
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Happy Memorial Day – Thank you Vets
To all Vets and to all who are still active military, thank you.
Posted in Holidays
Tagged active military, memorial day, veterans
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Beer League Hockey Has No Free Agency
(Published in Hockey Player Magazine, April 2019) Zero, ten, two isn’t a bike lock combination. It was last season’s hockey record. My Blazers suffered more takedowns last Fall than MMA wrestlers. The losses really sucked when we went 1-12 a … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged beer league hockey, ironman, recreation sports
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Leigh Anne Jasheway Accidently Keeps Them Laughing
“We either laugh or we lie face down in the carpet weeping.” Leigh Anne Jasheway I first reached out to her after Labor Day. My in-box chimed when I received her message, Leigh Anne Jasheway was game to be interviewed as … Continue reading
Posted in Humor Project - Interviews, The Humor Project
Tagged american humor, baby boomer women, baby boomers, comediennes, funny ladies
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Etc. Guy Hockey Story to be Performed Live
No costume. No props. No excuses. When I re-booted my writing career six years ago my goal was to get regular gigs and earn a passive self-sustaining income from writing. My writing income isn’t even passive-aggressive.
Posted in Community, The Humor Project
Tagged arts and leisure, community theater, hockey humor, humor writing, live performance
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