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The Time for Thanks Has Passed
So how was your Thanksgiving? Even my friends in Northern Ireland took time for a feast of thanks on Thursday! Ours was delightful, but Rachel Ray’s Manchego Cheese in Smashed Potaoes recipe needs butter in it (just in case you ever try it. Otherwise it was great), and in the future I’m going back to…
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From the Mind of a Fifteen Year Old
Leaving the little country store tonight, with our bag of fried chicken in hand, his ear phones draped down from the sides of his Zack Efron hair, I turn and notice a far away, serious look in his eyes. Me: (Concerned) What are you thinking? Him: (With barely a hesitation) Who would win in a…
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A Note on the Fridge
Clarice has dined on liver and fava beans and a nice chianti — at 1:10 AM Clarice is our kitten Claire, thus named for the greater part that the allergy medicine Claritin must play in our lives, especially for my son Jon who turned red and blotchy and burst into sneezing minutes after first starting…
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Two Speeches
I stayed late at work last night because I knew the speeches would soon come and I didn’t want to miss anything on the drive home. There is much to do for all of us in the days and months ahead here in these United States, but last night I felt hope again. I found…
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Hair Cut Day, Part 2 — Oops. I Mean Part 3!
From Hair cut day August 2008 At first it was friendly, but it soon became intense…. From Hair cut day August 2008 Had the Monkey’s camera phone maneuvers gone too far this time? From Hair cut day August 2008 Even when Mad Dawg (I am confident that before I die, he will actually write at…
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Lips Gone Wild (Hair Cut Day, Part 2)
According to Larry the Cucumber… From Hair cut day August 2008 USTA is Polish for LIP. From Hair cut day August 2008 Micah and Jon didn’t seem to be aware of the fact that it also has something to do with transporting senior citizens.
