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Mark Freeman
Mark Freeman has been underachieving with at least a pinch of grace as the Fish Hack at the Mail Tribune since 1989. Besides covering outdoor issues and pursuits throughout Oregon and northern California, he can't help but find a few things to yuk ... Read FullCategories
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HAIKU MONDAY: On Avatar, Rupert and Hack’s Expense Account
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is sharing some Oscar love with James Cameron.
OK. So This-here cyber blog has got virtually nothing to do with Avatar. But, as fellow NewsCorp employees, we fill out the exact same expense accounts.
Avatar?Fish Hack?/Can’t consider us the same./Hack can’t out-gr0ss Jim.
You remember Haiku Monday. Fish Hack busts [...]
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THREE-WORD THURSDAY:Historic. Reward. Nipple.
Welcome back to Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is still waiting word from the Smithsonian guys as to whether they want to accept my donation of the sport coat I wore the day I interviewed for this-here racket at the Fish Wrap.
It is, after all, historic garb: It’s what I wore the day I officially [...]
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HAIKU MONDAY: On Canuck Win, William Shatner Non-Loss and Tailpipe Violations
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack asks the question, “If Canada had lost the hockey gold medal to the USA, would that mean Montreal would have to take William Shatner back permanently?”
Bad Canuck actors:/Shatner tops list of several./Wish US had won.
You remember Haiku Monday. This is when and where Fish Hack busts a [...]
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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Search. Destroy. Quiche.
Today’s three words may not seem interwoven at first, but there is a connection created simply because
Search. Destroy. Quiche.
Each Wednesday afternoon here at the Fish Wrap, I bang out the various fishing, hunting and wildlife viewing outlooks, affectionately known in the business as Search and Destroy.
For many, reading the stories and columns in the Fish [...]
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HAIKU MONDAY: Curling. Chicklets. Myth.
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, which may be the last Curling-Free Zone left in America.
Fish Hack remembers when rolling one’s stones on the sheet meant doing the splits while slipping on an icy sidewalk outside a bar.
Sure, that Canadian woman rock-hurler is kinda hot. But it’s CURLING, for crying out loud.
It’s as Olympic-savvy as dodge [...]
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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Footprint. Predator. Nil.
Welcome back to Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is a getting jittery lately while waiting to add to the ol’ Biomass Footprint in the very near future.
Footprint. Predator. Nil.
One’s Biomass Footprint is the culmination of all the flora and fauna one whacks and eats in his or her lifetime. It’s kind of a Zen scorecard for carnivores and gardeners [...]
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HAIKU MONDAY: On Dead Presidents, Not Working for Them and Being an Allegory
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is busy at the Fish Wrap not honoring Dead Presidents, but workin’ for them.
Holiday for who?/Bankers, teachers, bureaucrats./Not us workin’ stiffs.
You remember Haiku Monday…Fish Hack busts out a few non-rhymes about the outdoors or whatever, all in Japanese poetry genre. Not because it’s smart or academic or [...]
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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Action. Non-Degenerates. Immoral.
Welcome back to Three-Word Thursday, where Fish Hack is well entrenched in the DTs during this cold-turkey withdrawal from football now that the Super Bowl is over and life again feels like one big ice-cream headache.
Action. Non-Degenerates. Immoral.
College and pro football aren’t just pastimes at this Fish Wrap and others across the nation. It’s a cottage [...]
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HAIKU MONDAY: On The Saints, Big Brees and Who Dat!
Welcome back to Haiku Monday, where Fish Hack is busy asking, “Who Dat?”
Remember, Fish Hack called it Saints all the way in the preseason. Didn’t bet it at Vegas, but got some Fish Wrap juice out of it.
Besides, who can root against Nawlins?
Colt fans love Peyton./’Aints are now Saints, thanks to Brees.Who Dey think Dey [...]
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THREE-WORD THURSDAY: Toxic. Phlegm. Donor.