Monthly Archives: September 2009
Higher Education
After we finished installing our youngest son in his Freshman dorm room, he pushed us out so fast he nearly strained us through the keyhole. He hustled us off the way your immune system rejects a disease, the way a … Continue reading
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Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook
When my dinner arrived at the table it looked less like food and more like evidence in an arson investigation. “I can’t eat this,” I said. “The pork chop is completely burned.” “Not all of it,” my wife said. “Just … Continue reading
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I’m No Expert
Experts are the bodybuilders of the intellectual world; except its harder to spot them in a crowded room. Body-builders stand out because they are tanned and fit in the exact same way that Mount Everest is not small. Their distressingly … Continue reading
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Like a Leaf on the Wind
I’m a big fan of sky-diving…so long as it is undertaken for the express purpose of escaping from a paralyzed airplane which is hurtling ground-ward. On the other hand, leaving a perfectly functional aircraft mid-flight would be disrespectful to the … Continue reading
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