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100? Yes, Please.
“My new goal is to live to be 100,” I announced to my family yesterday. “Why?” Tara asked. “So I can knit tiny sweaters for penguins,” I replied. “Duh.” By now, my wife and daughter were looking at me as if I’d lost my marbles. But the joke’s on them! I’d need to have marbles…
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Armadillos in Our Trousers
Saturday evening was weird, but fun. Weird because we went back to our old condominium complex, a year after moving away. It was remarkable how little things had changed. It’s still next to impossible to find parking, because the residents all use the guest spots, so we ended up parking roughly eight miles away. Fun because we met up with…
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Not Quite a Pot o’ Gold…But Close
A few days ago, I received the following email. Dear [first name], Once again we will be hosting a customer appreciation event with a focus on Social Seciurity and helping you prepare when it comes time to retire. Call me crazy, but if you’re holding a customer appreciation event, shouldn’t you make said customer feel,…
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Squeaky Shoes
I recently picked up a new pair of walking shoes. With as many miles as I’m logging lately, the Vans – fashionable as they are – were no longer cutting it. Even without a fancy little swoosh, these new shoes offer an improved walking experience. Except at work. Because every time I walk across the…
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A Tree Stump By a Lake
There’s an unassuming tree stump in a park I like to visit on my lunch hour. It’s situated by a picturesque lake, surrounded by red cedars and Douglas firs. There is nothing special about this tree stump…except for the fact that it once served as the backdrop to a family Christmas card photo, many years ago.…
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You Can Fight City Hall
A couple of days ago, this meeting invite showed up in my In Box. Best Outlook invite ever. Took me all of five seconds to accept. Maybe you can fight City Hall, after all. Our request for information on any zoning restrictions pertaining to the “No Parking” signs we wanted to put up had gone ignored for…
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