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A Phone Call from My Father
Phone calls when I am catering a dinner are normally ignored, but when the caller ID said Refugee, Sr. I decided to answer. “Hey, I was just watching the Final Four and thought about you. We still...
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Lessons from the METRO and Sprint
Saturday was a whirlwind of activity for me. It started with a meeting to review a writing project on which I am assisting a friend, moved to a boozefest disguised as a barbeque, smoking more cigars...
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Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame…
For the record, I am high as a kite as I write this. I am hopped up on pain killers and under the influence of chemicals for only the second time in my life (besides CH3CH2OH which is also known as...
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Sanford and His Sons
There are few universal truths in this world: Murphy’s Law, Occam’s Razor, Surliness of CVS employees, and the cruelty of children are among them. I have been thinking about South Carolina Governor,...
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Ain’t Nothing but a Family Thing
It was a charmed evening until I got the call. My favorite date and I had lingered over a couple of cocktails and a cigar on one of my regular patios before cabbing a mile north for dinner at a...
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I Know / I Wish
I know your boyfriend is an asshole and I haven’t even met him yet. I wish I knew you well enough to say. I know you don’t like me and that I wouldn’t trust you to make oxygen into carbon dioxide. I...
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Dating – the Triumph of Optimism Over Experience
Our start wasn’t exactly rousing, but there was some energy in the room. Allison, my blind date or as my friend, who tends to date zygotes because of the comparative ease called her “my latest reason...
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Are You Faking or For Real – What’s the Deal Dapper
One of my most frequently googled posts led to the post in which I make the argument that Sexy comes in all shapes and sizes. It is a belief to which I have fervently cleaved and embodied throughout...
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Struggling with Instinct in the Pale Moon Light*
“I love the new look” was the salutation from Juliet, a woman I’ve know for several years. The greeting wasn’t strange in light of the fact that I had recently shaved the goatee I’d worn since grad...
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Free Concerts & Costly Consequences
Those of you who follow me on Twitter (if you’re not, what’s keeping you? – a list of reasons you should are the post-script to this post) know that I spent a decent amount of my Tuesday afternoon...
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