Category Archives: It Really Did Happen!

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I, Gen X, Am Telling You Everything Was Twenty Years Ago

Posted on March 20, 2023 by rossmurray1

The 1980s were twenty years ago. That’s just how it is. Don’t give me “math” or “logic” or “you have early onset whatchamacallit.” We won’t be convinced by your so-called “facts.” We are Gen X; we’ve committed our entire lives … Continue reading →

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A Message From My Children’s Homemade Cards

Posted on February 6, 2023 by rossmurray1

Whoa, whoa, whoa! What do you think you’re doing there, guy? We’re your children’s homemade greeting cards. You weren’t going to throw us out, were you? Let’s not do anything rash. That’s right, put the papers down. Yes, we realize … Continue reading →

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Dear John (and Margaret and Doreen and Larry and Alphonse and…)

Posted on March 4, 2021 by rossmurray1

It’s not you, it’s me. Shush, shush. No, don’t speak… It was 17 years ago on this very day that we first ran across each other.* Do you remember? You were a longstanding, traditional newspaper readership and I was a … Continue reading →

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Sizzlin’ Pop

Posted on February 18, 2021 by rossmurray1

Guys! Hey, guys! Ohmigod, guess what? No, seriously, guess. Parachute pants are coming back in style? No. Rudy Giuliani was stuffed into parachute pants and then dropped out of a plane without, ironically, a parachute? I wish! But no. You … Continue reading →

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Pour Some Sugar in Me

Posted on February 11, 2021 by rossmurray1

I’m a father. I like sugar. I’m a sugar daddy. No? Not how that works? I do like my sweets, though. Always have. I don’t know where the sweet tooth comes from, whether it’s something I was born with or … Continue reading →

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