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Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog
Laughing Stalk is a weekly newspaper humor column about current events, personal observations, and repressed memories that have recently resurfaced....
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You Shouldn't Have to Repeat Your Wedding Vows
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― You Shouldn't Have to Repeat Your Wedding Vows Erik is out of the office this week, covering the Indianapolis 500. So we are running a column from 2005. How badly do you have to screw up your wedding vows so you need to do it all over again? The... (more)
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Zero Tolerance Bullying Withers Under Scrutiny
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Zero Tolerance Bullying Withers Under ScrutinyZero Tolerance is a festering mold that's destroyed when its putrid nature is exposed to the disinfecting power of the sun. We saw that festering mold destroyed this past week here in Central Indiana,... (more)
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Schools Cancel Bake Sales, Fun
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Schools Cancel Bake Sales, FunSchool after school are overstepping their bounds, interfering in people's personal lives and liberties, practicing the dark art of behalfism. Behalfism is when a small vocal group tries to speak on behalf of another... (more)
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Dead Man Inside Bag May Have Been Killed
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Dead Man Inside Bag May Have Been KilledRegular readers know I don't hold British government officials, especially town councils, in high regard. My reason for my attitude was reaffirmed this past week, after a British coroner was accidentally... (more)
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Tired of All the Anger
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Tired of All the AngerWe're angry in this country. Angry, exasperated, outraged, filled with righteous self-indignation. We're a nation of upset people, and there's no apparent reason for it. Whose fault is it? Who's making us so mad? The Other Guy... (more)
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Posted on Apr 27th, 2012
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Modern Rules of Etiquette
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Modern Rules of EtiquetteAfter reading an article in Inc. Magazine on business etiquette — ignore your phone during face-to-face meetings, send a thank you note, observe the 'elevator rule' of not speaking about the people you met with until you... (more)
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Posted on Apr 21st, 2012
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A One-Sided Conversation: Christmas Photos Ruin Christmas Spirit
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Christmas Photos Ruin Christmas Spirit"Sit down with your mother, kids. It's time for Christmas card pictures.""Yes, it's August, but I figure it will take you three months to hold still.""Buddy, quit wiggling. Sit up straight.""Wait, the camera was... (more)
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Posted on Apr 6th, 2012
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Parents Ruin Easter Egg Hunt, Childhood
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Parents Ruin Easter Egg Hunt, ChildhoodThere's always someone who ruins things for everyone else. Any time you're no longer allowed to do something, it's because some jackwagon screwed it up for everybody.That's why an Easter egg hunt was canceled... (more)
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Posted on Mar 30th, 2012
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The Pains of a Writer's Rejection
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― The Pains of a Writer's RejectionNo writer likes rejection. It's so personal. It's not just our work that was rejected, we were.Most adults build their identity around their work and its results. A carpenter doesn't just say, "I hammer nails." He... (more)
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Posted on Mar 23rd, 2012
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Rush Getting Crushed, May Be Flushed
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Rush Getting Crushed, May Be FlushedRush Limbaugh managed to offend nearly half the country (and not the half he usually offends) when he recently called law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute," after she testified before a congressional... (more)
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Posted on Mar 16th, 2012
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Google IDs Newspaper Editor Jon Flatland as Serial Plagiarist
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Google Catches Plagiarizing Newspaper EditorIt's a weird badge of honor in the humor writing world to be stolen from. To have someone else take your work, stick their name on it, and claim they wrote it. To tell the world they thought of that story,... (more)
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Posted on Mar 9th, 2012
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Karl the Curmudgeon Wants a Writers Feud
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Karl the Curmudgeon Wants a Writers Feud"Writer's don't have feuds anymore," said Karl.What are you talking about? I said. We were sitting in a writer's bar called, predictably enough, First Edition. We had run out of internationally-themed bars,... (more)
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Posted on Mar 2nd, 2012
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Animal Interspecies Dating: Sin or Civil Right?
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Animal Interspecies Dating: Sin or Civil Right?Erik is out of the office this week, so we are reprinting a column from 2004 in keeping with the whiny finger-pointing divisive screech-fest known as the presidential election.Just when we thought we... (more)
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Posted on Feb 24th, 2012
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Six Things Every New Parent Should Know
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― Six Things Every New Parent Should KnowMy brother and his wife had a baby recently, which makes me an uncle again. It also makes me nostalgic for the days when I was a young parent of a baby girl. I'm now a father of 15, 11, and 9 year old children,... (more)
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Posted on Feb 17th, 2012
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What Men Should Carry: Real, Useful Fashion Advice for Men
Erik Deckers' Laughing Stalk blog ― What Men Should CarryIn the 1950s, men's fashion was pretty straightforward. There were certain things men wore or carried without question. They carried a handkerchief or pocket square, wore a hat, and dressed up for work.These days, many of us wear... (more)
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Posted on Feb 10th, 2012
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