Dispatches and Marginalia from Michael DeVault
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The Game of Life as a metaphor for living.

Since Colleen was off work tonight, we decided to give the kids their presents tonight. Tomorrow evening, after she gets off work, they’ll do

Dec 23

Jesus and the art of magazine editing.

If you had told me what I was facing in helming a magazine, I would have laughed, not believed you. After all, my impression

Dec 12

Just when you think they’re ringing your curtain down.

This has been an interesting couple of weeks. Bush won an astounding reelection and I got promoted. Almost as if the Fates were saying

Nov 10

It’s almost here! It’s almost over! For the love of all things holy let it end!

Not very many hours left. Praise whatever deity you worship, but tomorrow, America votes to elect the leader of the free world. Now my

Nov 1

Electoral Nightmares

There’s a nightmare scenario that isn’t being discussed in the media today. And it’s one that is, given the demographic makeup (or breakdown, if

Oct 20

PC And the Art of Non-Disagreement.

I had lunch with my friends at Azalea Estates today. My friends are a table of World War II vets who, for better or

Oct 10

It’s still too easy.

I thought maybe sleeping would afford me the opportunity to wake up from this nightmare that is the world around me. But it hasn’t.

Sep 30

I try so hard and they make it so easy.

I really try not to be elitist, but they make it so easy. Whom are they, you ask? They are everyone who, in the

Sep 28

The last days of the Roman Empire.

It is impossible for me to overstate how disappointed I am with my country, my government, and my fellow citizens. We stand at the

Sep 21

Genius and the Art of Symbol-Reading.

The Irony Gods have smiled on my entire life. Each morning, I awaken to a world filled with subtle bits of humor. You know

Aug 16