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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!"...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!)...
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