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Archive for July, 2010

If you plan to spend your week-long vacation writing, it’s a good idea not to forget your computer at home.  Needless to say, I have no blog post this week, though I do have a question. Aside from the obvious reasons (neglect, abuse, NASCAR fandom), when is it okay to try to convince a friend [...]

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Once upon a time, there was a handsome boy named Mel Gibson.  He was a poor boy with only his dreams to keep him company, until one day on his way to market, a stranger handed him five beans. “If you plant them overnight,” said the stranger, “by next morning they’ll grow high enough to [...]

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Months back, my friend Corey got a peculiar email from a woman with whom he’d gone on one date.  The email included an invitation to a second meeting, a string of compliments…and a picture of the girl buck naked. Corey spent the next several days titillated and curious, but mostly confused. What did the Naked [...]

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Jack and I had our first romantic interlude on the 4th of July.  Back in college, going out with someone usually meant deciding to end up in the same place, so I wouldn’t have called it a proper date.  We met at Boston’s Charles River Esplanade, watched a couple bands and some fireworks, then Jack [...]

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