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About me - Michael Rausch

Getting that attention-grabbing opening sentence is always the hardest part for a writer, so suffice for now for me to simply introduce myself. My name is Michael Rausch. A native of Connecticut, I now live outside Boston, Massachusetts. I am married with

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Entertainment > Movie Genres Movies: The best Christmas flicks for the family: 3 of 10

They say our traditions make us who we are. As a film buff and critic, at least one family tradition, inextricably tied to the Yuletide season, is at least partially responsible for my life's passion. Movies and Christmas were part and parcel to each other for our family during the holidays, and never so much as on the night...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Favorite golf experiences: 9 of 18

Golfers love to tell war stories about breaking scoring barriers. Most of us can go on at length about the first time we broke 100 or 90. Breaking 80, however, for the average hacker, is a particularly lengthy par-5, set on an especially far off horizon; and once, I came oh so tantalizing close to reaching that distant green...
Sports & Recreation > Golf Golfer profiles: Walter Hagen: 1 of 2

WALTER HAGEN: THE GODFATHER OF PROFESSIONAL GOLF It was the 1920s. Golf professionals were not treated with the same respect accorded the millionaire college boys of today. No luxurious locker rooms. No access to spacious clubhouses. No sense of equality from the very people who admired and envied their skill and expertise w...