Author: Hurls

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A Long Line of Chocolates

You remember the scene, I’m sure. Most of us saw it in reruns, but it’s comedy genius. Lucy and Ethel, working the assembly line in a candy factory. It begins...

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’78 is Great!

“One-Nine-Seven-Eight, nineteen seventy-eight!” In my mind’s ear, I can still hear the chants, cheerleaders spurring on my class at pep rallies, sweaty adolescents screaming in unison. It’s no secret that...

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Downtown Jason Brown

In my third or fourth year of teaching, circa 1989, I had a sophomore class, Writing About Lit. It was a pretty generic class, average level students and largely forgettable....

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A Sharp Stick

Do you have any idea how many awards shows/presentations there are? Here’s a calendar, if you have the stomach and stamina for such a thing. I stopped counting around fifty;...

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Where Ya Been?

I haven’t posted on Hurl’s Treehouse for a bit, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. This summer or early fall I’ll release my third book, this one a...

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The Delicate Question

I’ll get to the title in a minute or so. Allow me to take the long way home on this one. An episode of The Twilight Zone is entitled “To...

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A Lousy Comparison

“It’s just like Romeo and Juliet. It’s true love,” she offered. Her friends’ approval was widespread and immediate. The speaker was a high school student, probably a frosh or sophomore....

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A Worthy Aspiration

I haven’t written much lately. Sooo many spinning plates and so little time. I’m hoping life will settle down, which is likely a punchline many of you know in your...