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September 27, 2012 by David Gillaspie
A large wedding party swirls across the grounds of an immaculate estate. Undercover policemen wander through the packed parking lot …
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Category: crime, football, sports
| Tags: boomer generation, culture, fiction, gambling, Godfather, Green Bay Packers, Las Vegas, mafia, negotiations, NFL, people, point spread, referee, Seattle Seahawks, sports book, writer
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May 21, 2012 by David Gillaspie
This was my entry to NPR’s contest. It didn’t win. This one did. Feedback appreciated. ================================================================================ The Burned Book She …
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Category: family, writing
| Tags: books, boomer generation, christian, Circe, David Gillaspie, divorce, Family and Relationships, fiction, marriage, relationships, shopping, writer, writing
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December 7, 2011 by David Gillaspie
by David Gillaspie Light bulbs hang from ceiling wires inside the radar bunker. Steel chairs slide under steel desks. Electronics …
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Category: war in the pacific
| Tags: America, Asia, David Gillaspie, education, FDR, fiction, Hawaii, history, Japan, Japanese Army, Pearl Harbor, screenwriting, WWII
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November 15, 2011 by David Gillaspie
by David Gillaspie (submitted to NPR Three Minute Fiction) Ray picked up Roxanne from the pet store on her closing nights. …
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Category: publishing, writing
| Tags: boomer generation, Burmese Python, culture, David Gillaspie, fiction, NPR Three Minute Fiction, Pet, Pet store, python, Rat, relationships, Snake, writer
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March 29, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Mom To Mom Schooling A sauna is no place to parse words. Not when it’s 180 in the shade. In this oven, there’s …
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Category: education, sauna
| Tags: David Gillaspie, education, family, fiction, home, Ken Burns, Monkees, mothers, parenting, people, sauna, Steam room
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January 5, 2011 by David Gillaspie
Hmmmm, Ducks over Tigers. Yes. Dr. Freud spent a night at DG’s B&B in the smoking room. He burned through …
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Category: football
| Tags: 95.5 The Game, Auburn Tigers, BCS National Championship Game, betting, Chad Doing, fiction, Freud, Jim Rome, Oregon, Oregon Ducks, Sigmund Freud, story, Swisher Sweets, University of Oregon football
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December 20, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Mrs. Roosevelt And The Palin Problem Eleanor Roosevelt walked into Jack Dempsey’s restaurant after hearing noise in the street about an …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Betty Ford, Dempsey, Eleanor Roosevelt, fiction, Jack Dempsey, Michelle Obama, Pat Nixon, Sarah Palin, story, United States
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December 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
mmauthor series, pt 3 Mrs. Roosevelt held a blow-up of her work with the United Nations. It wasn’t a large …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: 2012 presidential race, author, competition, culture, Dempsey, Eleanor Roosevelt, fiction, fighting, Gene Tunney, human rights, humor, Jack Dempsey, John McCain, Mixed martial arts, Mixed Martial Authors, people, Sarah Palin, Ultimate Fighting Championship, United States, Wild Bull of The Pampas
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December 1, 2010 by David Gillaspie
THE QUEEN DROPS GLOVES England retrofits old building for electricity by running stone colored conduit. You see it, but it …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Buckingham Palace, challenge, culture, emotions, family, fashion, fiction, fighting, humor, Lady Gaga, Mixed Martial Authors, Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, royal family, royalty, Sarah Palin, sports, tea room, written
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November 30, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Mixed Martial Authors Coast To Coast If you’re as well read as the average doorstop, you see parallels between writers who …
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Category: art, books, family, MMA
| Tags: Arts, boomer generation, culture, David Gillaspie, essay, fiction, Holden Caulfield, Joyce Maynard, Ken Kesey, Oregon, people, Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize, Terry Davis, Vision Quest
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November 17, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Mixed Martial Author series (Previously, author Mark Christensen read from Acid Christ at Multnomah Library. Upon leaving, he found his …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Acid Christ, boomer generation, culture, fiction, humor, Ken Kesey, life, Mark Christensen, Mixed martial arts, Mixed Martial Authors, Oregon, people, writer, writing
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November 12, 2010 by David Gillaspie
The Set-up There’s only one First Lady in America at a time and she doesn’t host a television show. The real First …
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Category: MMA
| Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, fiction, George W Bush, Jonathan Franzen, Kanye West, Michelle Obama, Mixed Martial Authors, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, United States, writer, writing
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October 13, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Stress makes people do odd things. The stress of being a mixed martial author adds extra baggage, and someone has …
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Category: Uncategorized
| Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, fiction, First Lady, Harlem, Hillary Rodham Clinton, humor, Iowa, John Irving, Michelle Obama, MMA, UFC, writer, writing
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October 7, 2010 by David Gillaspie
“Museum: from Greek Mouseion, an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest.” (Websters) Who …
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Category: blogging, Couples, England, museum
| Tags: Ali, Arthur Miller, boomer generation, Britt Ekland, culture, fiction, Halle Berry, humor, Joe DiMaggio, John Travolta, learning, life, London, Madame Tussaud's, Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, people, Shakespeare, The Beatles, William Shakespeare, writer, writing
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October 5, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(an extended series, due to http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) A youthful Al Gore stepped from the Port-O-Potty that served as his dressing room. He moved toward …
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Category: blogging, books, Couples, MMA
| Tags: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, competition, culture, fiction, humor, John Irving, Lindsey Buckingham, Michelle Obama, MMA, Oprah Winfrey, people, revenge, Tipper Gore, writer, writing
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October 5, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(A satire in series. See wrestling writers http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) Al Gore ran beside a slow moving car. Rolling Tennessee hills gave him all …
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Category: Couples, education, history, MMA
| Tags: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bill Clinton, boomer generation, fiction, Frank McCourt, humor, Larry McMurtry, Michelle Obama, sports, Tipper Gore, United States, wrestling, writer, writing
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October 2, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Writing Wrestlers, a conversation between John Irving and Ken Kesey (see http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) John Irving needed someone to talk to, someone who …
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Category: books, MMA
| Tags: Dick Cheney, fiction, history, John Irving, Jonathan Franzen, Ken Kesey, people, Sometimes A Great Notion, Tom Wolfe, United States, writer, writing
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September 19, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(A satire in series. Please see http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) Bill Clinton takes center stage of the octagon on Harpo’s back-back stage, microphone in hand. …
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Category: books, MMA
| Tags: Bill Clinton, competition, culture, fiction, freedom, humor, James Frey, John Irving, Jonathan Franzen, life, Mixed martial arts, MMA, Muay Thai, Oprah, Oprah Book Club, Oprah Winfrey, people, sports, The Corrections, writer, writing
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September 17, 2010 by David Gillaspie
(a satire in series) The voice coming through the cell phone John Irving held to his ear sounded different from the reading …
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Category: books, education, MMA
| Tags: amateur wrestling, Arts, competition, culture, David Gillaspie, fiction, freedom, high school, high school wrestling, humor, John Irving, Jonathan Franzen, life, Literature, Oprah, Oprah Book Club, Oprah Winfrey, people, sports, time, UFC, writer, writing
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September 15, 2010 by David Gillaspie
Writing Wrestlers, John Irving vs Tom Wolfe (see http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/7197) A taxi pulled to the curb on the upper East side …
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Category: education, MMA, violence
| Tags: competition, culture, fiction, humor, John Irving, Ken Kesey, life, New York City, people, Terry Davis, Tom Wolfe, writer, writing, writing wrestlers
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