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I’m Forty Now
I’m forty now (Ok, forty-six) A decent age I’ve had my fix Of parties, hoo-has, galas, and more Of drunken evenings on the shore My worries now Have changed in kind I wonder if […]
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My Box. MINE.
I’m not really a stuff person, not really. I mean, I have stuff, too much stuff (mostly books), but I recognize that I don’t have much of anything that couldn’t be replaced with insurance money. […]
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Teenager Exchange Program
In the division of labor in the Duff house, my daughter has what is probably the easiest job – emptying the dishwasher. It isn’t hard to do, or particularly time consuming. Rather than thank her […]
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They Come in Threes
Honestly, the day started out just fine if you don’t count the fact that I had to set my alarm for 6 on a Saturday morning. I drove my son to his rehearsal at the […]
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Driving with Mario
I’m pretty sure that my husband goes out of his way to accelerate and brake in the car in such as way as to maximize the g-forces his passengers experience. It is in this way […]
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Someone Else’s Life (With a Side of Drag Queens)
The other day, I went out to brunch with some old college friends that I hadn’t seen in a while. Three of us had kids, roughly the same age. The lone guy was single with […]
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Dress Code Blues
‘Tis the beginning of the school year, and, ergo, ‘tis the time of year in which teenagers all around the world get huffy about their schools’ dress codes. The teenagers in my house are no […]
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Selling Paradise
I have to sell a little piece of paradise, and I’m hoping you will help me. I mean, I don’t have to have to, I’m not a desperate seller, but it doesn’t make sense for […]
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Drinking on the Job
My husband and I have had a long standing argument about whether or not I am a cheap date. He swears I am. I wasn’t convinced. The problem, I joked, was that he was comparing […]
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Customer No-Service
I work in a law office. And, working in a law office, we get more calls from the jail than your average business that isn’t a bail bondsman might. In fact, getting calls from the […]
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My Weekend War
My stumbling and crazy journey through weight loss, work, love and life I am stalled at 47lbs lost. People who see me a lot ask if I’m still losing but I haven’t lost anything in […]
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Ghost Tour
I found myself in Savannah, GA for a work conference and, because this sort of thing is what passes for a vacation for my family, I dragged them all along. They entertained themselves during the […]
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I Hate My Son
It’s probably wrong on a fundamental level for me to be so insanely jealous of my own child that I kind of hate him a little bit. Jacob, whose friends are clearly of a higher […]
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There’s a Salad in my Bathroom
One of the most interesting things about being a parent is how often you find yourself saying things that you never thought you’d say. There are plenty of sentences that have flown out of […]
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Two Sergeants with four legs
Two decorated combat veterans, both sergeants, one a brindle short-tailed mongrel puppy of Pit Bull ancestries of World War One renown, the other a chestnut-colored Mongolian mare with a blaze and three white stockings and […]
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Wonder Woman
It should surprise absolutely no one who has met me for more than 20 minutes that I went to see the new Wonder Woman movie the minute I was able, which was actually the day […]
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I got me a swimsuit….
My stumbling and crazy journey through weight loss, work, love and life Last Saturday my sister called pretty early in the morning. I sat on the porch listening to the fastest talker this side of […]
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Participation Awards Bingo
As the school year winds down, we find ourselves joyfully celebrating our children’s successes and patiently celebrating the successes of the other children in their classes that we might or might not know. Yes, I’m […]
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Say, “Ahhhhh”
It isn’t terribly pleasant when a doctor has me open up my mouth so they can get a peek at my throat. I have a tendency to gag on the tongue depressor, and I find […]
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