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The following originally appeared as a list of winners in the “Worst Analogies Ever Written in a High School Essay Contest”, which was held under the auspices of Washington Post.
This one’s for you, Mamacita!
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He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience…like a guy who went blind because he looked he looked [...]
What’s so scary about this bit is that it’s not all that far removed from reality.
Big Brother is funny–frighteningly funny.
Listen carefully and watch the pointer.
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He walked in and every woman in the joint looked at him.
He was smooth, polished…virtually glided on a pair of black Florsheims.
He was the kind of man that not only makes me take notice, but one who makes me stare. Dark brown hair…neat but not too neat. He had cool blue eyes, [...]
They say you can never go home again. There are times, when you just don’t want to.
But I had to this weekend.
I went back to my hometown to say goodbye to a childhood friend whose life ended on the 49th anniversary of when mine started.
I left that sleepy, little South Texas berg in May of [...]
As if wallowing in self-pity and my refusal to operate within an iota of appropriate self-regulating psycho/social boundaries hasn’t been enough, I’m now going to force you to read more self-indulgent drivel. Not that you’d necessarily want to know more about me, but I needed to post something fast and easy for the weekend and [...]
For me, 2007 was the thirteenth Circle of Hell.
Yes, I’m well aware that in Dante’s, “Divine Comedy”, there are only nine, but trust me–2007 was an exceptionally difficult year and actually, it felt like there were 20 circles and I traversed each one of them.
Repeatedly.
I won’t bore you with details, just suffice it to say [...]
I know that I’ve been very lucky. My life has been rich.
The industry in which I work has always allowed me to see things, meet people and participate in events that defy the word “standard”, by any definition.
While I’ve met people who’ve done extraordinary things and lived extraordinary lives, I’ve always been [...]
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As the festively decorated and vilely worded cake indicates, it is my birthday.
Yes, this particular April 22 marks the 49th anniversary in which I was expelled from Nonanel Crews Kendrick’s womb./
She’s called Nonie for short…which she is. She stands right at four feet 10 inches, but make no mistake, she is incredibly tall and stalwart [...]
Mike was full of bravado. Can the written word have swagger? His did.
He said all the right things and asked all the right questions. Every woman perceived his advances as flirting and in a sorted way, it was, but for him, it was more of fact finding mission.
He needed someone smart–he’d want [...]
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