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A Fish By Any Other Name

Everyone who knows me knows that I am an extremely picky eater.  I hate onions.  I don’t eat stuff that has bits of things because who knows what’s in there.  I don’t like any kind of Asian food whatsoever.  All … Continue reading

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A Midwinter Tale

Well, we had quite an eventful trip to Chicago.  We met CJ and Lisa at O’Hare, and then drove out to Evanston, home of Northwestern University.  We were there to see Sean in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.  The first problem … Continue reading

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A House Divided

A lovely young man I know has been dating a lovely young woman.  Everything is perfect except…The Mother.  The Mother lives with the young man and will not budge.  Back when the young man was a very young man he … Continue reading

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A Tale Of Passion, Drama And Janet Reno

Families, each and every one of them, are crazy. Believe me, I have plenty of stories about my family, but it’s so much fun to pick on someone else’s family that I have to indulge. My friend, let’s call him … Continue reading

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What Goes Up Must Come Down

Like many others I suppose, right as we start to slide in to Thanksgiving I start anticipating the joys of the holidays.  Before long our neighbors are putting up their lights and Santa pigs and all, and I start to … Continue reading

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Oui! L’Awkward

You know how sometimes dinner parties can be awkward because no one is talking?  I’m not terribly familiar because I never stop yapping, but I did once sit through the most awkward of awkward dinners. We took each of the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Sean!

My nephew Sean turns 20 today. He is the youngest of the children and has suffered some abuse at the hands of his older siblings. No one understands that better than I do with two older brothers and no younger … Continue reading

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Uncle Cousin and Aunt Neurotic

Many years ago Dan’s rank in the family was pushed down a notch. We were all settling in to the Outer Banks beach house we rented for a week each summer; me, Dan, CJ, Lisa and the three kids.  The … Continue reading

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The Day Before The Night

Sandra Bernhard was certainly the highlight of our visit to NY, but we had an action-packed day before we got to the show. Being NY, there was no shortage of strange agents.  We went to the theatre for a matinée; … Continue reading

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Who Am I, And Why Am I Here?

When the band announced the most embarrassing story contest the other night, my friends had some doozies but would not get up and tell them.  Two stories are so good and completely humiliating, they simply must be told. My friend … Continue reading

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