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Category Archives: It Really Did Happen!
I, Gen X, Am Telling You Everything Was Twenty Years Ago
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
Posted in It Really Did Happen!
Tagged eighties, Gen X, humor, perception of time, the 80s, the eighties, time
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A Message From My Children’s Homemade Cards
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
Posted in Family - whadya gonna do?, It Really Did Happen!
Tagged children, family, homemade cards, humor, kids, souvenirs
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Dear John (and Margaret and Doreen and Larry and Alphonse and…)
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
Posted in It Really Did Happen!
Tagged breakup letter, burnout, columnist, humor, sabbatical, taking a break, writing
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Pour Some Sugar in Me
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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Tagged humor, Junior Mints, sugar, sugar addiction, sugar consumption
25 Comments