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...

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 Liberty Bell is pint sized compared to what you see in a U.S. History textbook.  The cobblestone sidewalks are quaint until...

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What Is Hip?

Back in the 70s, Tower of Power cut a song called What Is Hip? and it so was.  Some fifty years later, I ask myself that same question.  What is hip?   Down in these here parts, all three nights leading into Saint Patrick's Day qualify as party friendly.  So I was...

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Lunch Lady: The Demise

All good things do have to come to an end, which implies all bad things (King Donald) do not. Just had to get that one in.  My lunch lady career crossed the finish line one Friday afternoon.   I was caught taking pictures and videos of the kids on the playground.  It...

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Jeff Namian

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Philadelphia, Pa

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