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Author Archives: Mr. Dan Kelly

Chicago writer interested in many things.

Childhood Movie Trauma Mystery Solved

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Some time back I asked for help from the Kindertrauma folks in remembering the name of a creepy live action movie where a St. Bernard dreams of being chased by a man dressed as a terrifying skiing cat. Here’s my original blog write-up. Just today a fellow named Dan Salmon, who had a similar childhood memory of […]

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Protected: Trumpossibilities

Monday, February 20, 2017

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Punching Nazis Is What Americans Do Best

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Just an update for those who might have missed it:   Nazis are bad. Very bad. Historically, they enjoyed imprisoning and/or killing people—sometimes they even experimented on them. America and several other countries organized their armed forces to curb-stomp the Nazis in the 1940s. Anyone who empathizes with or promotes Nazism, white supremacy, or announces their […]

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Protected: Earthly Things, Chapter 2

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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Protected: Earthly Things, Chapter 1

Saturday, January 14, 2017

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Tuesday, November 29, 2016

      Us: Whew! Maintaining democracy is hard work! But it’s a good feeling indeed! Let’s keep working, so we can… Hey, what’s Pee Otis doing over there? Pee Otis: GAZE AT ME! BEHOLD ME! HEAR ME BABBLE INCOMPREHENSIBLY! SEE ME SOIL MYSELF AT BOTH ENDS! I AM YOUR RULER! ALL MUST QUIVER AND […]

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I Post Here Infrequently…

Friday, July 1, 2016

But you can also find me at: twitter.com/mrdankelly mrdankelly.com

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My Edmund Fitzgerald Article from about 20 Years Ago

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Probably should have titled it “Between Folk Rock and a Hard Place.” Gord won’t be mad, I’m sure.                                                

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Dennis Eichhorn’s Story Ended

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Comic book creator Dennis Eichhorn died. I wasn’t close friends with him, but I would have liked to have been. We were friendly colleagues though when I interacted with him in the late 90s—mostly by mail and once in person. I’m not sure when I first encountered his work. Like Harvey Pekar, Eichhorn was a […]

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Write to Your Good: Making Excellent Brain Talk in Other Humans

Monday, October 5, 2015

Sometimes I start to write something…and then give up, planning to return to it in the future. Usually I don’t. I feel bad about deleting these bits though, so let’s return to my old habit of treating my blog like a notebook. Write to Your Good: Making Excellent Brain Talk in Other Humans Good morning. […]

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