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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Unknown Soldiers
I would say that I’d never forget my first visit to Washington, D.C. except that I totally forgot all of it. Well, I do have one memory: a dead fish floating in a river (that I tell people was the … Continue reading →
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Commencement
Here are my two biggest gripes with commencement addresses: they are usually too long and the speaker usually doesn’t actually address the graduates. I once sat through an hour and a half long commencement address. It was bad enough that … Continue reading →
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Every Day
I was usually the first to work every day at one job I had, so I was usually the one who unlocked the doors and turned off the alarm. I had an established routine: unlock the door, open it, slip … Continue reading →
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Keep Away From My Daughter
Shortly after we discovered our first child would be a girl, I received sage advice from a co-worker. “Just remember,” he said, “little girls are God’s curse on men for being teenagers.” I laughed because I though he was joking. … Continue reading →
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Wedding Gifts
One of the things both my wife and I enjoyed about our tediously long engagement was registering for wedding gifts. Chrisie liked it because it was another step toward marriage. I liked it because I got to use the bar … Continue reading →
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Tagged gift giving, Gifts, just write, marriage, postaweek2011, relationships, Titanic, Wedding, Weddings
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After the Flames
My absolute favorite place on my property is a large natural bowl formed by a long past sink hole. Three of the sides are steep (but not too steep to walk down) and the fourth is more of a gentle … Continue reading →
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Tagged childhood, fire, fireworks, flames, life lessons, Parachute, postaweek2011, Sinkhole
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But Not Me
When I was a kid, I absolutely devoured any book about UFOs, monsters, unexplained phenomena, and general weird happenings. I didn’t necessarily believe all (or even most) of it, but that didn’t make it fascinate me any less. I was … Continue reading →
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Tagged fear, postaweek2011, UFO, Unexplained Mysteries, Unidentified flying object
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Prom Night
Here’s the thing about my high school Prom: it wasn’t even in the same city as my high school. Instead, it was at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, This isn’t a bad thing in and of itself, it just created … Continue reading →
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The Prom Procession
The Spring of 1991 was supposed to be the time of my life (or something). I had a few easy coast courses (which oddly netted me the Honors Diploma that advanced math wouldn’t) and enjoyed if not full acceptance by … Continue reading →
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Tagged dating, funny stories, high school, postaeek2011, Prom, relationships, senior year
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After Dinner Mince
It was the first Mother’s Day after Chrisie and I got married. Somehow my mom managed to get both my brother, I, and our wives over to my parents’ house for dinner. I use the word “managed” because even then … Continue reading →
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Tagged Dinner, family, family dynamics, funny stories, Mother, Mothers Day, parenting, planning, postaweek2011, wife
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