{"id":297,"date":"2021-12-03T08:58:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T08:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2022-08-01T23:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T16:31:22","slug":"whimsy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/whimsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Whimsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"297\" class=\"elementor elementor-297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d128a79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d128a79\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34cad86\" data-id=\"34cad86\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee5688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ee5688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Whimsy<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d229c1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d229c1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83abf76 leftblocktest\" data-id=\"83abf76\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-463c470 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"463c470\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11b7e7a\" data-id=\"11b7e7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b45fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87b45fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to My\nWriter\u2019s Sketchpad\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15f7130 leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15f7130\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Ruminations is where I share works in progress. Please follow the pointers below to learn more about me and the stories you\u2019ll find on these pages. Thank you for visiting. Please return and tell a friend.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7990f3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7990f3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa56e18\" data-id=\"aa56e18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3e021 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd3e021\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dpopup%3Aopen%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ2NCIsInRvZ2dsZSI6ZmFsc2V9\">Contact Me<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76d2d20 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76d2d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/\">About<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-101b917 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"101b917\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b69359a\" data-id=\"b69359a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb2221 leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb2221\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Who is Tom Abate and what does he write about?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b2bc12 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8b2bc12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/ruminations\/essays\/\">Essays<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-501370e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"501370e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-952cd49\" data-id=\"952cd49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad9d26d leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad9d26d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEclectic notions arising from my experiences and observations.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7a2ad9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7a2ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/ruminations\/journalism\/\">Journalism<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c06f0b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c06f0b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce63adf\" data-id=\"ce63adf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85fd551 leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85fd551\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Stories and commentary based on research, interviews, and observations. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff10d16 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff10d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/ruminations\/whimsy\/\">Whimsy<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-3188c70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3188c70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-99a4f72\" data-id=\"99a4f72\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b98e342 leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b98e342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Satire, fiction, humor, and advice from the Dead Blogger\u2019s Society. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1d5b92 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b1d5b92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/ruminations\/reflections\/\">Reflections<\/a><\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b59444 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2b59444\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c3eb5a\" data-id=\"4c3eb5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-081a8ed leftboxfirst elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"081a8ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Experiences and events that formed my character and inform my work and beliefs.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f4acc3 rightnonfiction\" data-id=\"6f4acc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff4bd0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"ff4bd0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bluebgrightpost\">\t\t\t\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/category\/whimsy\/dead-bloggers-society\/\" target=\"_blank\"><h4>Dead Bloggers Society<\/h4><\/a> \t\t\t<div class=\"creativewrt3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dateandtags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 4, 2022\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-eassy-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-eassy-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2.png\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2.png 1080w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Icon-square-dbs-2-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/> <p class=\"caption\"> <\/p>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"headingcreative3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/a-voice-from-the-past-who-speaks-to-the-present\/\">A voice from the past who speaks to the present<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"expert-text\">Now all but forgotten, Frederick Douglass was cheered and reviled in his day.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-contentpost3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-right-postc3\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p>He was the first modern black man, the most photographed face of the 19th Century, a voice for justice, and an orator who spoke for three million enslaved Americans. Frederick Douglass was born into bondage in Maryland in 1818. As a boy he worked in the house of a white mistress who taught him the rudiments of reading and writing before deciding that literacy was incompatible with slavery. But Douglass continued his studies in secret as a teen and young...<\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/a-voice-from-the-past-who-speaks-to-the-present\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bluebgrightpost\">\t\t\t\n  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/category\/whimsy\/satire\/\" target=\"_blank\"><h4>Satire<\/h4><\/a> \t\t\t<div class=\"creativewrt3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dateandtags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Updated date:<\/span> \n\t\t\t\t\tOctober 6th, 2022\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-eassy-post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-eassy-photo\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1081\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire.png\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire.png 1081w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/icon-whimsy-satire-768x767.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1081px) 100vw, 1081px\" \/> <p class=\"caption\"> <\/p>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"headingcreative3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/the-worlds-most-generous-giver-of-free-advice\/\">The world\u2019s most generous giver of free advice<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"expert-text\">Decades after it dawned on me that this wasn\u2019t a compliment,\r\n I struggle to restrain the impulse to advise. Why?\r\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"left-contentpost3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-right-postc3\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t  <p>One day in the early 1990s, while working in the newsroom of the San Francisco Examiner, I had a revelation that haunts me to this day. It came while I was scanning the news wire, which printed out on long, continuous rolls, like paper towels, only wider, stronger, and a yellowish tan. A story about a sociological study caught my eye. It found that people who thought themselves funny usually weren\u2019t. Suddenly, I recalled how a college friend had dubbed...<\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/tomabate.com\/ruminations\/the-worlds-most-generous-giver-of-free-advice\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whimsy Welcome to My Writer\u2019s Sketchpad Ruminations is where I share works in progress. Please follow the pointers below to learn more about me and the stories you\u2019ll find on these pages. Thank you for visiting. Please return and tell a friend. Contact Me About Who is Tom Abate and what does he write about? 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