Today’s episode: The Competition
Our Sweet, Humble Protagonist (SHP) was standing at the front counter sorting though boxes of gift books. He was talking to one of his co-workers when the Mildly Deranged Boss (MDB) emerged from the depths of her office holding two posters, both of which screamed READ from the top. The SHP is […]

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By the way, since you are all just dying to know, here’s a picture of the 72 VW Beetle I brought back to Texas. My mom owned it for, gosh–fifteen years? Is that right? She got it when I was a Junior in high school. 1984? So that’s what? Seventeen years? There’s a dent in […]

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We came back to Texas with a bunch of stuff. Two old guitars, 9 boxes of photos and yearbooks and stuff, an old video camera, a super 8 movie projector, Ari’s big cassette holder full of 80s tapes, a ‘72 VW Beetle with a reasonably new engine, and, well, a bunch more stuff. We had […]

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New Mexico … it’s dry. I felt like Sponge Bob visiting his chipmunk friend in her water-tight bubble on the sea floor. I could almost hear my skin crack every time I moved. Everything is the color of sand out there. Except for the sky. The sky is huge and blue. Now I know what […]

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Yesterday morning, Ari and I were sitting bleary-eyed on the futon. We were trying to wake up. CNN wasn’t helping. Suddenly, Ari got up and said, “I wonder …” before heading toward the front door. I was too sleepy to ask. I heard the door open with a whoooosh, followed by “Ah ha!” from Ari. […]

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Another birthday? Sheesh, what is it about the months of September, October and November that make so many people wanna get busy? I suppose that if you forget to pay the gas bill it’s one way to keep warm. Not that I would know. Julien was born in July through an act of God so […]

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Gruesome. Absolutely gruesome. It was like watching a train wreck. Despite the fact that the Sixers’ offense sucked last night, number 34 on the Lakers has no business being in this game. I didn’t see much sportsmanship or competition here. It’s never a fair game when he plays. Like I said before, he takes all […]

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Upon returning home from work yesterday we were greeted by carnage. I do believe this is the most destruction the pup has unleashed upon the house to date. There were several paper/box-like items that were mauled beyond recognition. I think one of them was the cardboard container for Green Card. The video itself was identifiable, […]

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Well, another game tonight. I’m giddy. Julien is giddy. I was both proud and disappointed that Julien spotted Kobe right away during Sunday night’s game. (It must have been the hair.) But when he started cheering for him I knew I had to act quick. In an attempt to convert him to the good side […]

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Once upon a night at Chuy’s, eating nachos, thick and gooey,
With coat-tail friends and my sister (whom I pretend to adore),
While I blathered, annoyingly yapping, suddenly there came a tapping
Upon the silken spaghetti strap of my Christian Dior,
“‘Tis some fan,” I muttered, “tapping on my Christian Dior–

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