Samuel Wright

I am a starving writer living in the backwater of California, in a place known mostly for Buck Owens and Valley Fever called Bakersfield. This site is my release. A place for me to talk about things that annoy, please, or excite me.

Penmanship – A lost art?

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I recently read an article by Louise Brown called “Why Johnny can’t sign his name”, and I have to admit that it was a little disheartening. I can, personally, recall many hours as a child trying to get my cursive looking like something vaguely similar to what the teacher was showing us.  I recall with … Read more

The wonders that he will see

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The other day I was sitting on the chair in the living room with my Son, now two years old, and we were watching a program on the history channel about the space program and about the Apollo missions, then about Skylab and the Soyuz mission. As we sat there, I started thinking about when … Read more

Not getting it your way!

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  I have been noticing, lately, that when I use the drive-up window at some places, I am almost playing a game of chance when it comes to my order being right. Take, for example, my most recent foray to KFC.  My wife and I were going through the drive through because neither of us … Read more

How Gross is Gross

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  I am not the most financially minded person in the world, I will freely admit that and go one step further and say that this is one of the areas in which my Wife excels…  So I feel perfectly happy handing anything financial over to her.  I can look at most number problems and … Read more

President’s Day

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  Remember when there were two days commemorating the presidents? When I was growing up, I remember school being closed for Lincoln’s  and Washington’s birthday.  I also remember that we did things like make stovepipe hats out of construction paper, and cotton wigs to look like George Washington.  There were also the obligatory beard cutouts … Read more

Playing well with others

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  Playing well with others is not something that I have ever done well.  I mean, I do get along with most people, usually.   And I try to fit into the usual social norms that are expected of me, and will be polite to people… most of the time. But I have learned, mostly through … Read more

Who has it in for Russia?

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This is just a quick post regarding the recent meteor strike in the Urals. First, and most seriously, my prayers to all those that were affected by the event.   This has to be something unimaginable to happen to someone, and I would not have any way to identify with those who were there and affected … Read more

Are we dead yet?

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So this is the day that the world is supposed to end. If you are reading this, then it would appear that the Mayan’s were off a little or the joke was right, they simply ran out of room on the stone that they were using.  If the world has ended… then there is no … Read more

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