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The Costumes We Choose
You can tell a lot about a person by the costume they choose to wear. Walking past a vacant storefront that had been the longtime home to a popular movie rental chain I noticed big purple, orange and...
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Perverts, Pepper Spray and Walmart Shoppers
Last week in a fit of laziness I settled in to watch a Law and Order Special Victims Unit marathon on the USA Network. Two of the episodes featured Mariska Hargitay’s detective character, Olivia...
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Baby Jesus Chia Pet, War and Other Christmas Joy
I avoid the holidays as much as possible, but even a creature of my slippery talents sometimes becomes entangled in a situation that involves the exchange of gifts. “Tis better to give than to...
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Ask Alexios: You’re Not Frightened, You’re Lazy
Alexios, What advice would you give to someone terrified of the outside world? Lunastra Lunastra, Fear is most often considered to be an emotion, but I always view it in its true form as nothing more...
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Ask Alexios: A Parent’s Nightmare
Alexios, My son Jacob graduated from college last spring and accepted a job with an advertising agency almost immediately. His father and I were hoping he would find a position in a large corporation,...
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I Remember Mama
Youtube is infested with countless videos of babies giggling rapturously as they touch, taste, hear or smell something for the first time. Infants are mindless little beasts, parasites really, no...
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Ask Alexios: My Gassy Parents
Alexios, I attended an out of state college, and after I graduated I was offered a job in a another state that was also far from where I grew up. I am close with my parents, and I talk to them often,...
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Candy From Strangers
People haven’t changed much over the thousands of years that I’ve been wandering this nasty world. The modern sciences of nutrition and medicine have produced specimens that are bigger and taller and...
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Coming Down A Chimney Near You: My Night As Santa
Maureen began her retail career, younger and prettier, behind the Le Metier De Beaute counter at Neiman Marcus. She moved on several years later to sell pricey dresses in one of the designer boutiques...
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Ask Alexios: Cindy’s Choice
Alexios, I did something terrible, and I can’t get it out of my mind. I feel so guilty. A few months ago I went to do my weekly grocery shopping, and I left my thirteen year old son and eleven year old...
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