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A Tale of Two Thunderbirds
Miles O'Neal
  • May 31, 2019
  • 1 min

A Tale of Two Thunderbirds

I saw Lynyrd Skynyrd on their first big tour, opening for the Who in Atlanta. Both bass players that night (Leon Wilkeson for LS and John En
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Nappy Headed Thing
Miles O'Neal
  • Mar 8, 2019
  • 2 min

Nappy Headed Thing

Up to this point we were just two normal-looking customers awaiting service, but eventually we felt we had to take action. "Keep Austin
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My Brief Career as a Cartoonist
Miles O'Neal
  • Mar 1, 2019
  • 2 min

My Brief Career as a Cartoonist

"It's a joke, son, Ah say, it's a JOKE!" (I remember hearing Foghorn Leghorn in my head, and having to argue myself out of
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Lost Stuff
Miles O'Neal
  • Feb 22, 2019
  • 2 min

Lost Stuff

All of us have lost, tossed, sold, or given away stuff over the years that we've later wished we hadn't. When I dropped out of college an...
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Riffing on the Past That Wasn't There
Miles O'Neal
  • Feb 15, 2019
  • 1 min

Riffing on the Past That Wasn't There

You're at a vow renewal where your spouse knows the bride, but you know only your spouse and two people sitting on the bride's side. At t...
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Love Your Libraries
Miles O'Neal
  • Feb 8, 2019
  • 3 min

Love Your Libraries

I've read as far back as I can remember. During my teen years and most of my adult life, I read at least 2-3 books a week; during peak ti...
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Brazen Shore
Miles O'Neal
  • Feb 1, 2019
  • 1 min

Brazen Shore

On a brazen shore In southern Alabama Thousands of years ago Where false idols fell In a barren waste By a rocky cairn By a boat's dried ...
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A Brief History of the TV Remote Control
Miles O'Neal
  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1 min

A Brief History of the TV Remote Control

When I was a kid, I was the remote. I had to actually get up and walk all the way to the TV to change the volume or channel. Or stop it f...
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Growing up Miles (T2 is for Train Trestle)
Miles O'Neal
  • Jan 18, 2019
  • 4 min

Growing up Miles (T2 is for Train Trestle)

"There's something about a train that needs watching. I think we forget that." -Neil Ellis Orts "In Soviet Russia, train watches you!" -M...
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Dedication Part 2
Miles O'Neal
  • Jan 11, 2019
  • 1 min

Dedication Part 2

Twenty years or so ago, I was trying to get serious about writing. I wasn't getting anywhere, and experienced what we commonly call "writ...
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Milestones vs Goals
Miles O'Neal
  • Jan 4, 2019
  • 2 min

Milestones vs Goals

I'm on author Dan Koboldt's email list. His new year's eve email included the nugget below based on something Tobias Buckell (another aut...
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Dedication Part 1
Miles O'Neal
  • Dec 28, 2018
  • 3 min

Dedication Part 1

I had a number of influential teachers, but none more so for my writing than Ms. Marian Unger, my subversive high school senior year Engl...
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Smile for the Cameras
Miles O'Neal
  • Dec 21, 2018
  • 1 min

Smile for the Cameras

A bass player acquaintance related a story of his band's drummer making silly faces at their new singer during rehearsal. The singer took...
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Stone Age Cartoons
Miles O'Neal
  • Dec 7, 2018
  • 1 min

Stone Age Cartoons

A year or so ago, there was a Facebook chain post asking who your favorite childhood cartoon character was. When I was a kid we didn't ha...
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Even More Ado About Nothing
Miles O'Neal
  • Nov 30, 2018
  • 1 min

Even More Ado About Nothing

"Don't take life so serious, son ... It ain't no how permanent." -Porky Pine (Pogo comic strip) The same sentiment should apply to how we...
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The Reality of my Fantasy
Miles O'Neal
  • Jun 10, 2015
  • 2 min

The Reality of my Fantasy

A recent Sunday NY Times column Sunday Book Review titled "Between Books" by Ann Packer contained the following bit which I found bizarre...
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There is no box.
Miles O'Neal
  • May 18, 2015
  • 1 min

There is no box.

I used to say, "I've written pretty much everything but novels and romance. I can't write those." Then I accidentally (yes, really!) wrot...
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