Newsletter
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
In just a few hours, Pope John Paul II will be beatified, joining another larger-than-life figure in my own lifetime to find a place on the calendar for veneration - Mother Teresa. When I first heard Karol Wojtyla's name, I ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
Put on your tricorn, pick up your muzzle and hang up the Gadsden flag! Today, April 19, marks the start of the American War for Independence at Lexington and Concord. Early in the day, Paul Revere and others were dispatched ...
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Right Bard For the Right Guard
By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
The days are running out on 2010. This is the time to remember those who shuffled off this mortal coil before year’s end. I’d like to remember one gifted writer who is no stranger to older readers of the Victoria ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
Obama went to India for a three-day trip hoping to improve relations and work on international peace and all those other things beauty pageant contestants want when it’s their turn to speak while they’re still dressed in statesmanlike swimsuits and ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
The TV schedule said the baseball all-star game began at 7:00. My son (#2) promised he’d be here, so I dutifully began boiling four all-beef ballpark weenies in time for the first pitch. (I like mine toasted in the oven ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
It was my privilege to assist at the commencement ceremony last night. I always enjoy seeing former students all dressed up in robes to receive the well-deserved fruits of their labors. Unfortunately, the evening was marred by extremely rude and ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
Going home. Homer sang of the exploits of gods and Greeks, but the saga that we all read and understood from our school days is the one of Odysseus trying to go home. All the trials he had to face ...
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A Big River Runs Through St. Joseph HS
By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
The missus and I went to that play about a feller Mark Twain made – Huckleberry Finn. Only this one was called Big River. It was a reg’lar ripping show with lots of rollicking play-acting and slathers of talent by ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
As everyone knows, construction crews have been busy for two years on two brand-new high schools. Not to be outdone, our administrators have also been busy with a little construction of their own. After all, what’s a new school without ...
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By Riverboat in Flotsam and Jetsam
The American Book Review, under the auspices of our University of Houston – Victoria, recently compiled a list of bad books and, by way of comparison, a short list of venerated works. The publishers at our venerated institution admit that ...