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For those of you who don’t know, my more respectable gig for the past quarter century, or so, has been teaching college English. (Scary, I know.)
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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10/13/22
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It’s a question worth asking in these nutty times: how old is too old to trick-or-treat?
On the question-and-answer website Quora, some people ask if the age of 12 is a good time to hang …
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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11/3/22
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Trust me when I declare that I am not competing for sympathy against folks suffering from cancer, blocked arteries, diabetes or other serious ailments.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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7/28/22
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Have you heard of the “quiet quitting” trend that is being breathlessly reported on social media?
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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10/13/22
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Newton Minow will always be remembered for a 1961 speech in which he described television as a “vast wasteland.” However, late in life he became less concerned about TV’s wastefulness and more troubled by its very vastness.
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By Peter Funt, Special to the Katy Times
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5/18/23
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It’s that time of year again when dads of daughters all over the country are experiencing severe headaches, watery eyes, shortness of breath and even hives. No, these symptoms are not from seasonal allergies, but from a traumatic phenomenon known as “prom season.”
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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5/18/23
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“Did you know that your rear passenger tire is a little underinflated?”
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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6/30/22
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Sitting in my home office I am greeted by a cool breeze coming through my open window and the sweet sounds of summer outside.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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6/30/22
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“Junior, this year to prepare for ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’ I want to teach you about all the taxes that you’ll have to pay as a working adult.”
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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5/4/23
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Perhaps it’s partly because my mother owns a huge antique desk from Milky Way Farm (the former estate of Franklin C. Mars, founder of Mars Candies), but I pay keen attention to the annual flurry of “filler” news items about Halloween candy.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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10/27/22
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“An allergy season so bad you don’t need allergies to feel miserable,” blared the headline in the Wall Street Journal.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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5/4/23
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I’ve experienced a lifelong identity crisis, of sorts, because of my name (or names), and I’ve actually kind of enjoyed it—most of the time.
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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10/27/22
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My brother and I rarely saw eye-to-eye about TV viewing choices in our teens and twenties, but we were both among the handful of people who imbibed the hilarity of a sitcom that NBC unleashed upon an unresponsive world on Sept. 30, 1982.
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By Danny Tyree, Special to the Katy Times
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10/6/22
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With the “fall back” clock change coming soon, one thing makes me especially grumpy and confused.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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10/6/22
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Now that my eldest and middle daughters are off at college dashing my prospects for retirement, and my youngest daughter has started navigating the pubescent challenges of high school, I can turn to …
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By Jase Graves, Special to the Katy Times
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9/15/22
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I'm confused.
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By Tom Purcell, Special to the Katy Times
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9/15/22
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