Tag: life
member name: James s F.
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June 19, 2008 01:05 AM EDT --
Scuba diving off Carmel , my regulator malfunctions and I inhale frothy sea-water. I can see my dive buddy's back; he's busy photographing fish. Popping my weight belt and tank, gagging, desperately . . . more
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April 07, 2006 03:52 AM EDT --
Smokey's Lesson - Jim Fox - . . . more
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December 12, 2006 12:59 PM EST --
I haven't been over to Yahoo in some time so I wasn't aware of their planned changes. I should have guessed that a change was in the wind.
The cretins who bully and abuse and hammer out profanity . . . more
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September 01, 2006 06:27 AM EDT --
There were seven of us boys growing up and over the years we had quite a few pets. Our favorites were probably that old orange stripped tabby cat named Plus and a Weimeraner-lab mix dog named Minus.
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May 16, 2006 05:17 PM EDT --
Paws For Refreshment - James Fox -
During my tenure as a scoutmaster, each summer I would take my troop to scout camp. Early one morning at summer camp I . . . more
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March 15, 2006 12:10 AM EST --
Mixed Signals - James Fox -
My dad was called back into the service during the Korean Conflict. He had phenomenal navigation skills and had flown many different planes . . . more
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April 26, 2006 12:06 PM EDT --
The Very Cool Mr. Rath - James Fox -
Oh, but David Rath was cool. Much too cool to be teaching English at my high school during the late sixties. But there he was that Monday morning, . . . more
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October 30, 2006 01:49 AM EST --
My brother in third grade got in trouble (again) and had to stay after school. Later that day the teacher remembered she had to go to a conference. The janitor told her he was going to clean . . . more
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January 16, 2007 11:09 PM EST --
The Broomstick Bazooka - James Fox -
Junior High - 0, Thin Blue Line - 2
Junior High was out for the summer, and the batteries in my transistor radio were dying. The . . . more
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May 15, 2007 12:37 PM EDT --
Memorial Day is almost upon us, and summer is just over the horizon! This is the perfect time to dust off the keyboard, or get out pad and pencil and write!
I write true stories, and usually keep . . . more
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April 11, 2006 07:55 PM EDT --
When I was in High School, and spring break rolled around, my dad always asked me which job I was going to try down at his packing plant. Damned if inventory control wasn't always full, as was fork-lift . . . more
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May 04, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
In the year 1776, Father Junipero Serra camped on the coast of California. As he sat upon a small camping stool of wood and tanned cattle hide he stared at the parchment stretched before him on a make-shift . . . more
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November 22, 2006 09:10 PM EST --
Remember as you head off for the Thanksgiving Day holiday, it is more than a time of gathering with family and dinner with all the fixings. If you write, it is also a time to gather up those stories . . . more
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July 29, 2006 02:26 PM EDT --
Rejecting Rejection - Humorous Challenge to an Editor
When I received a polite rejection of Smokey's Lesson, I seized upon a comment and responded in a humorous challenge that led the editor to . . . more
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April 02, 2006 09:45 PM EDT --
My dad was a mustang. Called back into the service for Korea he was offered a commission as an aviation officer in the US Marines and received training at Pensacola. Making it through boot camp and officer's . . . more
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April 11, 2006 12:30 PM EDT --
If you perform research, or have children who use the Internet for research then you owe it to yourself to search John's name on Wikipedia. This 'hoax' or rather, malicious prank , . . . more
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December 28, 2006 11:30 PM EST --
As you get the Christmas tree dragged to the curb, the empty boxes and wrapping paper into the trash, and the photos of your family get-togethers downloaded to the p.c. remember to commit your memories . . . more
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May 15, 2007 04:53 PM EDT --
I have had some small success in getting a few of my stories republished. Most recently, "The Very Cool Mister Rath" was republished under my original title "Mentor" in the . . . more
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April 15, 2006 01:16 AM EDT --
Actually it was Eve, back in the garden, who started the whole evolution versus creation debate when she said to Adam, "Hey! Give me back my apple, ya big ape!" - Jim Fox
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June 15, 2006 01:00 PM EDT --
How NOT to be a writer.
For a several years I made it a habit of backflushing the e-mails and faxes calling for business cards to complete a card collection and fulfill little Craig Shergold's dying . . . more
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