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Heading Out On a Jet Plane

It’s officially my last post until next Friday. I’m heading out to Los Angeles for a little pre-move scouting trip. I’ve purposely kept my plans for moving out there on the DL, at least as far as this blog is concerned, mainly because there are so many unknowns right now, I’m not even really sure [...]

A Silent Epiphany

Greg Piper can now enjoy the comfort and financial stability of a new job, and as a full-time reporter, no less! He’ll be contributing to a DC newsletter, and promises that his blog may become less interesting and/or more brief. Not what I would have said on the eve after plugging my blog on frickin’ [...]

Good News From Iraq – Part 18

One thing I will continue to do here on Fringe is link to blog-worthy items that I think you should be seeing (I’m kind of like the Mainstream Media that way). I’ve been appreciative of Chrenkoff’s link roundups in the past because they bring to light many items of note that I would otherwise probably [...]

School to Guardsman: Pay Up!

What is up with this crap? GRAND RAPIDS — A Michigan school district told a teacher activated for military duty that he must cover the cost of a substitute during part of his absence and give the district some of his military pay. How is that even, you know, legal? Isn’t military duty covered by [...]

A Flame!

I’m not absolutely certain, but I think I have just gotten my first “flame” from this blog! Here is an email I received Friday the 28th of February: The author of this issue is a real american dirty rascal ! This person is shit and what he writes is bullshit! I hate him and wish [...]

Chapter-A-Week

I fully expect to be able to start writing at the beginning of March. I’ve got a couple ideas that I will play around with. Count February as my “prep” month. This is a new experiment (at least I think it’s new, or at least a pretty good variation on an old experiment) in web [...]