Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Old Friends Reunited
When I was a child, my Grandmother kept a 30 lb, gargantuan Webster’s Dictionary printed in 1932, a tome that I perused endlessly in a corner of her library with the fascination only a weird, wordy child could summon. I…
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She Was a Regular Gal at Heart
“Duchess” was the name my family’s first kitty. She turned her nose up at anything less than pâté de foie gras, mistreated the servants (us), enjoyed a tiddly of sherry before bedtime, yet UTTERLY eschewed the pomposity of tiaras. I…
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Renovation Never Hurt Any(disembody)
The Grim Reaper is due for a makeover. The robe, hourglass, and sickle must go. Name, too. Perhaps “The Arbitrary and Completely Unbiased Transition Facilitator” would do. Wearing a pinafore. Armed with a stiletto. Carrying a basket of Eternity Muffins.…
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Keep the Faith, Baby and Keep that Algorithm Rockin’
I’m off, far-away from my base of operations, tending to matters of crucial personal import. Readers are thus spared the latest hijinks of Great White Sharks and whatever the hell else catches my attention over coffee in the morning. I…
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Leavin’ on Another Jet Plane
Look out for the comfort and safety of your asses in today’s post-pandemic skies, friends. Planes—even big ones—are fuller, noisier, and more cramped than ever. Red-eyes are still the bane of every sane person’s existence. That’s all I got. It’s…
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Another Up-to-the-Minute Sharky Bulletin
Anyone who reads this blog knows by now that your eminently gracious and ever-so-amiable host has (and has long had) a fascination with the Great White Shark. Indeed, there is nothing I like better than stories, accounts, films, photos, and…
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If ONLY the Shark Had Grabbed the Human
Okay, okay, I don’t want to see any humans gobbled by Great White Sharks (🤔 hmmm …) BUT the out-of-control tendency of media figures of every stripe—from nightly news anchors to Shark Week research scientists—-to act like hyper 12 year-olds…
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Of All The Sharky Luck …
HERE’S THE TALE of one lucky lucky Notre Dame University alumnus who survived a mere “nibble” from a Great White Shark in my own backyard, as it were. California’s Monterey Bay is not part of the notorious “Red Triangle” for…
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Loiter Among the Gods on Sunny Delos
The Greek City Times reminds us that some of the most stunning ancient archaeological treasures in history are to be found on the islands dotting the Cyclades, with glorious Delos leading the pack. An ancient site of multi-national trade, one…
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Weird Names for Animals
Please. “Breton” is not a name to officially bestow upon a Great White Shark. It’s tantamount to naming a pit-bull “Katherine” or a Maine Coon Cat “Barbara.” Eh, that’s all I got for today. Big shark, though. Great future. ———————————…
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