The point of all this sad history is to reflect on what happened this weekend, when my 20-year old son asked me to help him with his ballot, and I said "sure."
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Suprise Me
Voting for Reagan, Voting for Bernie
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The point of all this sad history is to reflect on what happened this weekend, when my 20-year old son asked me to help him with his ballot, and I said "sure."
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Someone’s at the Door
Prompted By Door-to-Door Sales
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The schtick was to make the parents guilty that their children were falling behind in school and things would get dire if they didn't get the encyclopedia.
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Grace
Prompted By The Great Beyond
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Remember how, in her 70s, she walked four extra blocks in a snowstorm to save a few pennies on toilet paper?
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Experiential Prizes
Prompted By Auctions and Raffles
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... my name was called, the first and last time I won this organization's raffle. The people at the table were delighted I won ...
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It’s Behind the Ears, Father
Prompted By Hair
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On the weekends, at a dance, away from school, --in the real world, we would pull that length of hair out from behind and drape it over our ears. Wild!
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Punch Lists and Prayers
Prompted By Home Repair
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Next hurtle – what contractor in his right mind would undertake this project with such an unrealistic budget and very tight timeline? It was now June and we needed to open the school in September.
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A Humorous Peek At Superstition
Prompted By Superstitions
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“Don’t Walk Under That Ladder” Alright, ladies and gents, gather ’round. Today’s dissertation is on the peculiar phenomenon of superstition. You know, those little habits that make grown adults clutch a rabbit’s foot like it’s the winning lottery ticket, or avoid black cats like they’re Harvey Weinstein at a kindergarten graduation. Now, as a…
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Lucky’s Afghans: a 20th-century disaster
Prompted By Disasters
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How do you reconcile heartbreak and fear, sadness and jeopardy, and the sense that everything is ending? You don’t.
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Good Boss, Bad Hair
Prompted By Good Bosses, Bad Bosses
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She’s Got Legs
Prompted By Some Assembly Required
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One hot summer, I built a Mount and Brungs Proportional Diluter.
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