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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. In another flagrant bit of news manufacturing, it seems the media has again conspired to force a BISD employee to do something naughty, just so we could write about it. Have we no shame?! Beaumont ISD’s Interim Director of Transportation apparently stole over $15,000 from taxpayers by collecting benefits to which she was not entitled. Tamraka McGriff pleaded guilty today of...
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This entry originally appeared in The Beaumont Enterprise. Summer vacation is a cherished part of every kid’s calendar – but are three straight months without school really worth it? Nestled between the beginning of June and the end of August, school districts across the country shut their doors to let the students (and teachers) enjoy a little well-deserved freedom during the summer months. Summertime conjures images of...
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It’s Tuesday, which means Coquetting Tarradiddles is back to its regular posting schedule. I apologize for all the confusion while I got my feet wet with my first experiment in the serialization of my novel, Snowflakes In Autumn, but things should go smoother from here on in. I’m wrestling a bit with the Donate / Contribute / Whatever button right now as I try and persuade the demons chained to the walls of the PayPal basement...
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Before continuing with the latest installment of Snowflakes In Autumn, I thought I’d take a minute to whine about how miserable it is to know that we’ll soon be without Trey for an enormous swath of time while he’s away for his dad’s summer visitation. It’s not that I don’t think he’ll have a good time at his dad’s or anything; I know he’s going to have fun visiting family in Colorado....
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Today brings a shorter entry than I’m used to writing, which some of you will hate but, I suspect, most will welcome with open arms. I do tend to go on quite a bit longer than I should at times, but usually it’s a case of me using up just as many words as I need to in order to get my point across. Granted, I sometimes go off on tangential little side quests that lead nowhere, but I try to keep that sort of thing in check. I...
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Kristian Bland
Writer
Occasional Geek
I'm a former Webmaster turned Journalist turned Systems Administrator. I once thought I could recreate Spider-Man's web fluid, but only ended up staining the driveway of my friend's parents when some of it spilled out and went runny. Eventually, I became a caustic tech geek, which I'm pretty sure inspired the character of Dr. Gregory House, although the bastards never credited me. Later in life, I'd go on to have a horrific experience in publishing that I don't talk about, except to talk about how I don't talk about it. Later still, I became a web editor and columnist for a Hearst newspaper, where I excelled at being Me until my entire department was unceremoniously laid off. After that, I spent about six months being pretty busy not being busy. It sucked. Then, after missing the light of my radiant glory casting its warmth upon the newsroom for long enough, the paper called me up and asked me back. So I went back. And then I left again. And here we are.
