December 2006

Merry Christmas 2006!

December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas! Merry warm, rainy, miserable Christmas! I should have gone north for the holiday. Oh well. Too much turkey sausage at dinner, I nearly collapsed at the table. Kosher makes me sleepy. My family is starting to warm up to the idea of not getting each other presents next year. I think that with roughly [...]

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Hated, no. Pitied, yes.

December 24, 2006

Last night I had dinner with some high school classmates. After a few drinks, the topic quite naturally turned to insane ex-girlfriends. One of the guys mentioned that I had one of the craziest stories that he’d ever heard. I told the story and got the typical reaction. So while the story is still fresh [...]

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If you decide to accept this award, turn to page 36.

December 17, 2006

Looks like Time just isn’t trying anymore. They went the Choose Your Own Adventure route and named “You” as the Person of the Year—that’s right, you! Henceforth, you will be mentioned in the same breath as the Ayatollah Khomeini, Deng Xiaoping, Gorbachev, Hitler, the “Endangered Earth,” the Computer, American women, the “Middle Americans,” the “Generation Twenty-Five and Under” (now aged [...]

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Paxon 5, Bishop Kenny 2.

December 5, 2006

First time we’ve beaten Kenny in ages, if ever. I think that deserves at least one headline. Congratulations, boys.

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Response to “You’re awesome old student.”

December 4, 2006

A former student who seems not to have mastered the concept of homophones recently e-mailed me for advice. I tried to reply, but kept getting nasty messages from some guy named “Mail Delivery Subsystem” explaining that my e-mail didn’t go through. So I am posting his letter and my reply in a last ditch attempt [...]

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