Category Archives: The Holidays

Flashback Friday: My Father Took Me In A Haunted House Once. ONCE.

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Walking across the mall parking lot with my parents, sister, best friend Jason, his mom and brother. Dad: I hear they’ve got a haunted house here. Jason (eyes wide): They do? Dad: Yep. Jason: Can we go?! Dad (very apprehensive): … Continue reading →

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PITAs And Hall & Oats And Monkeys, Oh My

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

I really, REALLY don’t want to spend another minute with the female PITA, but she insists on taking me to a thanks-for-all-the-hard-work lunch today at the Four Seasons. She made the ressie all by herself!  Morgan Freeman willing, my eating … Continue reading →

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What? Too Phallic For Easter?

Posted on April 25, 2011 by

Sometime around my mid-teens, completely without ceremony, the spatula was passed and I became the family baker.  Occasionally, my sister Boop will step up to the mixer and give me a break on, oh, I don’t know, my birthday!   … Continue reading →

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Chinese (Red) String Theory

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

 String Theory, for those who without a physics degree or have never watched The Elegant Universe on PBS, is the idea that all matter is composed of tiny, vibrating strings.  What makes an apple different from an orange?  A dog different … Continue reading →

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Nuns and Zombies and Pickaxes, Oh My!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

In the Walgreens parking lot before dropping MadamBob off two days ago: Me (looking in the backseat): Ok, when we get to your house we’re opening these fucking Christmas presents in the driveway!  They’ve been back there for almost a … Continue reading →

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