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Category Archives: It Really Did Happen!
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
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Celebrating Our 10,950th
I’m writing this on the day of our 30th wedding anniversary. Deb and I were married on December 15, 1990 in Sherbrooke. That wasn’t the original plan. We were living together in Montreal, engaged, and had been gearing up for … Continue reading
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Tagged 1990, anniversary, humor, marriage, wedddings, youth
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Not a Blue Christmas: A Zoom Reading
Hi friends. A quick plug here for an event I’m participating in this Sunday at 2:30 pm ET. It’s Not A Blue Christmas, a series of readings via Zoom, organized by Shoreline Press. I’ll be reading a selection of short … Continue reading
Posted in It Really Did Happen!, Writing
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We Have Some Unsettling Nudes
Every now and then I remember the time I was blackmailed in college and I think, “Huh, that was weird.” When I enrolled at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, I was assigned to Bennett, a men’s residence that had … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, Bennett House, blackmail, college pranks, extortion, humor, middle age, Mount Allison, nostalgia, nude photos
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My poker face has become a bad bet
My wife has a tell. If she’s about to lose her cool, you know it. The kids know it. I definitely know it. “Uh-oh,” we whisper in chilled tones. “Cheekbones…” That clenching of the jaw is the signal to abandon … Continue reading
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Tagged age, aging, emotions, facial expressions, humor, middle age, Zoom
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