Richard Laird

Author of the Caliza County crime novels starring Payne and Letham. Long suffering @Rangers fan. Rooting for the Rays postseason.

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@sams_stars @plutheus @EJHALL10 I’ve participated, and I teach creative writing. I do know what I’m talking about. I just have come to a different opinion as to it’s value. Time would be better spent learning the craft, rather than rushing through a process that typically produces a bad first draft.

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@marinamaral2 @JulieBwriter Definitely the final boss of a D&D adventure.

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@TrulyAbnormal @eraserheadroom Maybe in Waco. Everywhere else, we say “you wanna Coke?” And the answer is often, “sure, gimme a Dr Pepper.” But most Texans don’t use “Dr Pepper” to mean “any soda.” Dr Pepper only refers to Dr Pepper. In Texas, Coke : soda as Xerox : photocopy.

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Welcome to Texas, where we measure distance in time instead of miles; service roads are called access roads; and every soft drink is a Coke.

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JFC GO’K

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I’ve been Duck Duck Go-ing instead of Googling for the past three months, and I have to say... it’s been fine. (DDG is anonymous Bing.) I’ve also quit using Google Docs in favor of a free MS Word/OneDrive acct. You don’t have to sell your soul to Google to be a writer. #amwriting

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@CassKim_writes #2 (hair down, not touching face)

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@AnthonyLaFauci “You keep using that word; I don't think it means what you think it means.” Covers a lot of ground, especially in a political season.

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@bestofnextdoor Always nice to hear from Karen in Haven View Estates.

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@paula_guhin There’s also a fine line between camping and being homeless.

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I think I just stumbled upon my wife’s secret weed farm.

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@RadioFreeTom It’s time we extended taxpayer supported education through college or technical school, instead of ending it at high school. It’s 2020, not 1920. You can’t have a decent career in America without post-secondary education/training.

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Look who’s on Law & Order in 2008 as a lab tech pretending to be a doctor to pick up girls and when confronted SCREAMS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THE FREAKING RATS

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@KBAndersen He’s well within the margin of error in TEXAS. Amazing.

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@RichardERock1 “Karma” is selective observation. When a pedophile is assaulted in prison, we think “karma,” and when a kid gets leukemia, we think “oh how awful.”

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@SC_Parent Bad typo x100. Bad covers ruin the potential of way more books than typos.

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@dofastingapp He’s gonna lose even more weight when a Russian mobster sees those unearned high ranking thief-stars and has them carved out of his flesh...

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@DatelineNBC If you’ve done 23 & Me, you’ve already shared your family history with law enforcement...

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@bestofnextdoor ...comrades”