Monthly Archives: March 2009

Separating: GenX Style

Recently I reread John Updike’s I think pretty well-known short story, Separating, in which his fictional couple the Maples, characters Updike wrote many stories about, separate. I guess I wanted to see how much of it rang true for me … Continue reading

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Say hello to the new routine, pretty much the same as the old routine.

Colleen gets Addy to school in the mornings, of course, since Addy stays at the house during the week. I pick Addy up from school each afternoon and take her back to the house. We do homework and I get … Continue reading

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Zombies!

What will I do when the zombies come? Hmm. Let me see? Grab my “in the event of zombies” emergency pack, my copy of “The Zombie Survival Guide,” by Max Brooks, and my rifle with scope and all the amo … Continue reading

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The Big Talk…and The Even Bigger Talk

Sometimes I wonder if most, if not all, couples have a version of The Big Talk lingering just below the surface. Like an iceberg where there’s all this stuff below the water line and then at some point a kind … Continue reading

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It started with Facebook

Huh. That makes is sound like facebook is the cause for my wife and I deciding to separate. But that’s not the case. Although I’m sure that more than a few, um, strained marraige include a facebook factor or whatever. … Continue reading

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The New Deal

And by that I do NOT, I repeat DO NOT mean FDR’s New Deal. Nor do I mean Obama’s version of FDR’s New Deal. I mean, of course, the new deal with this, my blog.  Because after a brief hiatus, … Continue reading

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Did you miss me?

You did, didn’t you? It’s okay. You can admit it. I often create feeling in others that they themselves don’t understand. It can be a terrible burden sometimes, but I’m not one to shirk responsibility, unless of course there’s something … Continue reading

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You can call me…

Sir Reads A Lot

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My favorite line from the 'TV Show: The West Wing'

"It's not that I'm right and you're wrong, although I am and you are, but just because I'm better at this than you are." — Toby Ziegler

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