Jeff Namian

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So You Think You Can Teach

I signed up with an agency a few years ago to be a substitute teacher. It’s pretty easy to manage. You go online the night before and see who’s out...

Political Profiling

I'm visiting my better half in Houston for a few weeks.  I don't hate it, it being Texas.  But I can't stop staring at people to weigh who they...

Me, Myself and I

Me:  Table for one, please. Them:  Would you like the counter instead? Me:  No I'd like a table for one. Them:  No waiting for the counter.  Twenty...

Medi-cares

Do they?  They're mostly pests that feed on older people's vulnerability. Their flash cards include words like copay, tier one or two drugs,...

Pontius Pilate

Who the hell is he?  His name only comes up around this time of year. Every Spring somebody ascends and sitteth next to Pontius Pilate.   And why is...

Patience

The older I get the less I have of it and the tiniest things rev my engine.  Like just this morning.  I was hungry and weighed all the morning...

A Delicate Balance

Penned by Edward Albee circa 1965.   Premiered in 1966.   Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967.   The first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Edward...

Elevator Etiquette

The elevator opens on the seventeenth floor and somebody enters.  First I calculate the amount of time it'll take to hit the lobby level.  Do I...

Wire Management

I'm sure everyone struggles with organizing all the cables and wires it takes to navigate this modern world.  There's the cable box wire, the wifi...

Idiot

So we moved into Philadelphia one year ago today.  After closing on our new house, we took a getting to know you trip around the city.  Well the...

No Kings

I attended my first ever rally yesterday.  It was the second No Kings movement in Philadelphia. I woke up and looked out my living room window around 8:30 AM and saw a few thousand early arrivers for the rally which was scheduled to start at noon.  I got showered and...

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Why Rugs Shed …

... and other household oddities.  I found myself getting up close and personal with a rug this morning.  It started with a little piece of lint and evolved into a fistful of shedded carpet.  The harder I rubbed the more the shedding occurred.  Endless.   Ya know...

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Mechanically Musical

I once worked at a conservatory in Manhattan, one which had quite an impressive reputation. Based on what ... well let's just say I'm not an expert when it comes to music.  I don't have a great ear for it nor can I at all produce a sound that doesn't sound...

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Jeff Namian

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