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5×5 With The Hook: Kenna James.

Posted on 2016/12/14 by The Hook

Kenna James is the girl-next-door, the real world Marcia Brady, the hostess actress with the mostest… Okay, so that went off the rails pretty quick. Moving on… I first became aware of today’s guest through her Twitter feed but it … Continue reading →

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The Other Side Of Sleeping Cheap.

Posted on 2016/11/19 by The Hook

To be clear, I’m all for charity; without it I’d never get lucky. But as far as charity in society, I wholeheartedly support the concept of lifting up those who have fallen through the cracks. At one time or another … Continue reading →

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5×5 With The Hook: Simon McNabb

Posted on 2016/11/09 by The Hook

Writers are a cowardly and superstitious lot. Wait, that’s criminals… What are writers again? Besides perpetually broke? Now I remember. Writers are the special breed of dreamers who reach into the ether we mere mortals cannot access, and they pluck … Continue reading →

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5×5 With The Hook: Peter Mitchell Of Murdoch Mysteries.

Posted on 2016/09/26 by The Hook

Season Ten of Murdoch Mysteries is almost upon us so it’s time for a Murdoch Monday 5×5, friends. Peter Mitchell is literally the man with the plan. As the showrunner/executive producer for one of television’s greatest dramas of all time … Continue reading →

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The Hook: Ambiguous Blogger.

Posted on 2016/08/29 by The Hook

In a society where everyone with an electronic portal is pinning, tweeting, posting, Instagramming and sharing every facet of their daily lives from their bowel movements to their post-coital selfies, ambiguity is hard to come by. But there are those … Continue reading →

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10 Things In 10 Days: #1. (Not Quite The End – But Close.)

Posted on 2016/07/31 by The Hook

As the the midnight hour takes hold once more, a man sits alone in his newly-renovated-but-completely-paid-for-thank-Dog kitchen, save for his non-existent thoughts. With the exception of a laptop’s glare, darkness surrounds him as he stares at a blank screen, a … Continue reading →

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Silent Sunday: Beware The Eye Of Sauron… I Mean Hickson.

Posted on 2016/04/24 by The Hook

I’ve had a bizarre week on social media. Even for me. Without going into mind-numbing detail, this week I was:  Convinced to censor myself on Twitter.  Ashamed that I was foolish enough to let another writer convince me to censor … Continue reading →

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Praise is Cheap… But Priceless.

Posted on 2016/01/05 by The Hook

January 4, 2016: I’m writing these words to you fine people in the midst of what has been a hellish day, to say the least. The wife had a sleepless night for all the wrong reasons; a minor dental emergency … Continue reading →

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It’s Monday! (Which is my only excuse for this post.)

Posted on 2015/06/01 by The Hook

So it’s Monday. Let’s allow that to sink in, shall we? Everyone good? Then we’ll begin. Yesterday was a particularly brutal check-out rush. Like, Game of Thrones brutal. Okay, so no one was skinned alive or murdered during a wedding … Continue reading →

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Niagara Falls Is Far From Boring, Kids.

Posted on 2015/05/31 by The Hook

“I hate it in Niagara Falls! Nothing interesting ever happens here! Why didn’t we go to Disney? This family sucks!” – Eleven-year-old Cindy Johnson, a Kardashian in the making. Niagara Falls is boring, Cindy? Eleven hours of  hospitality “labor”. Over … Continue reading →

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