As I’ve mentioned, there are many boxes of stuff that have accumulated over the years.  My mom would save anything and everything — and I guess the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.  I also saved quite a bit.  And during my college years, I was moving back and forth between different dorm rooms [...]

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Thirty-five years ago this coming August we moved into the house in the picture above. I don’t think I have any real memories of that day. I do have these flashes of me hanging out with mymom upstairs while lots of men came in with lots of our stuff, but those could be fabricated memories [...]

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I saw something in today’s Washington Post which made me realize that we’re ushering out something quite particular to New Years — but only for the past 10 years. It was a picture — they’ve had the same (or a similar) picture of a reveler enjoying the hoopla that is ushering in the new year.  [...]

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Dear Captain Awesome: I still smile at the nickname I gave you, my brother, when I decided to create a blog name for you that would be quite funny. It’s not that I don’t think that you’re awesome; it’s not even that you don’t think you’re awesome. It’s that you simply wouldn’t be the type [...]

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I’m so vain / I bet I think this post is about me… No — seriously. Let’s make this all about me for a moment. Let’s talk about my hair. I’ve had a love/hate relationship with my hair for a long time — but most swaying on the “love” side. As far back as I [...]

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Dateline: September 2, 2008 — 3:45pm *ring* Hello? Hello, Mr. Shiny? This is Ms. Schedule. I’m your son’s Kindergarten teacher. Ah, yes! How are you? How did the first day of school go for him? Actually, that’s why I’m calling. We have some things to discuss. Oh no! How is he? Is he okay? Did [...]

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It was reported today that former North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms died. He was 84. I won’t spend time filling this space with substantiation that Helms was a crazy, racist homophobe.  You can find many other blogs which will do this.  I won’t even make any allusions to the subliminal messages alluded to have been [...]

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In lieu of any mind-stimulating content on my blog this evening, I provide you with an audio recording. It’s from 1974, and it consists of me singing the theme to Sesame Street and the alphabet song (introduced by my Mom). This comes from a cassette tape my sister-in-law converted to digital audio and which my [...]

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I apologize for not keeping up with my posts — it doesn’t mean I appreciate you all any less. I’ll make it up to you during the weekend — promise! So — here’s my video-blog post. And yes — it’s the one where I show you my balls. Direct YouTube Link Look – some of [...]

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Thank you. I’m serious, guys. Thank you. For all that you’ve done here. For reading. For replying. For being supportive. For being critical. For agreeing with me. For disagreeing with me. For laughing. For groaning. For both getting it and not getting it. For discoverng my blog for the first time, and for returning additional [...]

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