Monthly Archives: September 2010
Married Strife
Marriage is about passion. Loving passionately, living passionately, arguing passionately … about the most trivial matters imaginable. Really. Anybody whose marriage has outlasted the honeymoon can tell you that no lawyers pleading a case before the supreme court ever argued … Continue reading
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Irrational Behavior
I realized the other day that I’m nuts. This revelation hit me just after I pulled the fifth dead pen from the cup on my desk, scratched futilely at the page with it, and then returned it to the cup. … Continue reading
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Scheduling Difficulties
Life is full of rhythms and patterns. The earth rotates on its axis every twenty-four hours. Bad old ideas are turned into bad new TV shows every Fall. Presidential candidates lie about each other every four years. Even my own … Continue reading
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Cell Out
For years I resisted buying a cell phone. As near as I could tell, it was just a very long leash. If I carried one I could never be alone or out of reach. In a moment of weakness, I … Continue reading
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