Medicare is calling me. More precisely, I’m receiving mail almost every day with letters and slick brochures from insurance companies offering to enhance my Medicare options—while they extract profits by denying me services, I presume—as I approach the Age of Signup. How do they know my age? Who is giving them that information? I have Read More …
Author: Klinx
i.con.o.clast 1974-01-16
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Jan 16, 1974] The famous arthropodiatrist S.B. Leafy discovers “missing links” … PR Man and GR Man. Read more…
Letting Go
My New Year’s tradition is to write down something that is weighing on me and burn that piece of paper. I find that I carry certain burdens from my past that can instill feelings of guilt or remorse. Those burdens can restrict my ability to embrace the possibilities of the future. What can be difficult Read More …
i.con.o.clast 1973 Commencement
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Dec 1973] “The Dults are Coming!” — The story of a student who faces the dreaded end of college … graduation … and becoming “a Dult.” Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-12-19
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Dec 19, 1973] “Ask Uncle Fred” — an advice columnist helps a student who is worried about his upcoming graduation. Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-12-12
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Dec 12, 1973] In November 1973, the school board in the small town of Drake, ND burned books that it found to be “objectionable.” Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-12-05
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Dec 5, 1973] Meet the new Student Union … with a touch of gender equality thrown in for good measure. Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-11-21
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Nov 21, 1973] Poetic allusions to grandeur… Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-11-14
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Nov 14, 1973] My first encounter with a UFO… Read more…
i.con.o.clast 1973-11-07
[First published in the SDSU Collegian, Nov 7, 1973] Faster than a speedy “no-no” — it’s Super Vision! Read more…