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In Case Anyone Is Wondering…

July 1st, 2009 · 2 Comments

In case you’re wondering why I haven’t been blogging much during the past two weeks, it’s because I’ve signed on to help a friend launch a new company and hopefully change life on earth as we know it. Perhaps, it won’t be that dramatic, but I’m now wearing many hats — blogger, spin doctor, salesman [...]

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Blogger Offers Behind-the-Scenes Access

May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

For those who’ve longed for behind-the-scenes access to Bob McCarty Writes, I offer two photos. The photo above shows my one-year-old cat, Butters, asleep atop my desk next to my computer as I write this post.  A lot of help, he is.  The photo below shows him dreaming about the way things have changed in [...]

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Worst-Case Scenario: Chevron Exec Warns of Gas Lines, Price Hikes, Civil Unrest and Fuel Shortages

February 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Two days after Gary Luquette met with members of the House Natural Resources Committee, the president of Chevron North America Exploration and Petroleum Company warned that gas lines, price hikes, fuel shortages and incidents of civil unrest could surface as components of a worst-case scenario resulting from reinstatement of the moratoria on offshore drilling. Luquette’s [...]

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Blogger Offers Debate Advice for Sarah Palin

October 1st, 2008 · 6 Comments

Dear Sarah; I have some advice for you as you prepare for the vice presidential debate with Joe Biden tomorrow night at Washington University in St. Louis. First, as recommended by Rush Limbaugh during his radio program today, I recommend you quell some of the controversy surrounding debate moderator Gwen Ifill by using your opening [...]

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Author Trashes Bloggers, Then Launches Blog

September 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

The folks at Brown Books Publishing issued a news release today about a new book, One Nation Under Blog: Forget the Facts … Believe What I Say! by David G. Wallace.  I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS BOOK for several reasons, not the least of which is the fact that the author is a blogger himself [...]

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Blogger Survives Second Bay Window ‘Attack’

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

With tongue firmly in cheek, I announce that a second “attack” against this blogger took place late this morning. The attacker was a winged creature — a finch, I think — who was kind enough to pose for the post-attack photos above. Unlike the attacker whose efforts were chronicled in a post, Blogger Finds Himself [...]

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Blogger Finds Himself Under ‘Attack’

May 13th, 2008 · No Comments

While blogging early Monday afternoon inside my St. Louis-area home, I heard something hit the bay window behind me. “BANG!” Because none of my kids were around and no one was in the yard outside that window at the time, I assumed the worst: I was under attack! When I went outside, however, I learned [...]

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