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Tag Archives: stories
Hiraeth
Thirty nine years later and the memories still come – soft around the edges, filled with warmth and ensconcing me in tendrils of nostalgia. October. The month I belong to. The month that signals the end of hot summer days, with … Continue reading →
Life in the Furniture Store
My mom is a HARDCORE shopper – and by hardcore, I mean anyone that shops more than me. And by ‘more than me’, I mean anyone willing to stay in a store beyond the absolute minimum time it takes to put … Continue reading →
Posted in Aversions, Childhood, Clothing, Family, Humor, Parenting, Philosophy, Random Thoughts, shopping, Writing
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Tagged childhood, compromise, family, furniture, Humor, marriage, Shopping, stories, youth
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A Series of Unfortunate Laments
My friend, Ross Murray, over at Drinking Tips for Teens posted about some camping funny the other day – which made remember some of MY own camping funny plus other stories. So, I guess I’ll write about them. Shall we … Continue reading →
The Three C’s – Cranky, Conservative and Crazy
People – this is my longest post ever…and not a picture in sight… Oi! The Cranky Cranky people like me. I don’t know what it is about me – but if there’s a cranky, crabby, cantankerous curmudgeon about they seek … Continue reading →
Posted in Aversions, Family, Humor, Mental Health, Random Thoughts, Relationships, Story, Words, Writing
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Tagged ASL, conservative, crabby, cranky, curmudgeon, David Brooks, Deaf, eye contact, Graduate school, language, Mental Health, NewsHour, organic bee pollon, Sociology, stories
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Funny Ha-Ha? No, Funny Uh-Oh ~
The pressure is on. I’ve been looking over my stats (no surprise to anyone that knows me and my obsessions) and I realize I have some really, really, really talented writers following my blog. I’m hoping I can keep up … Continue reading →
Posted in Baking, Biking, Food, Humor, Injury, Random Thoughts, Story
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Tagged Baking, Biking, cakes, falling, humiliation, Humor, restaurants, stories, toilet
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I Would Like an Extra-Large Pizza with a Side of Funny: Various and Hilarious Pizza Delivery Stories
Scott & I ate a lot of pizza when we were in our 20s – a lot of pizza. Not so odd – people of that age have been known to do this on occasion. It culminated into an all-out … Continue reading →
Posted in Food, Humor, Random Thoughts
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Tagged delivery, eating, food, funny, Humor, Italian, Palm Springs, pizza, psychic, stories
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