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Another Awkward First Date

May 18, 2010

And then after college I spent a couple of years in the Peace Corps, stationed in Honduras, and… So, what’s your impression of Kinsey’s work? I’m sorry, who? Alfred Kinsey? He was a sex researcher, he… I’m sorry, I interrupted. Peace Corps? Honduras? Yes, and then afterwards I came back and worked with Habitat for [...]

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Be Not Proud: Another Excerpt From An Awkward Eulogy

January 17, 2010

Ray gave great eulogies–we all know that. He eulogized both my parents, our sister, my Aunt Kay, and our uncle, Father Steven. So here I am about to eulogize the King of the Eulogy, and I’ve lost my notes. Ray didn’t have notes, of course. He spoke from the heart. But I’m not Ray. In [...]

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Confusion in a Wet Nurse Interview

January 7, 2010

Mother: And why did you leave your last job? Wet Nurse: My employer no longer needed my services. Mother: Why was that? Wet Nurse: Because the child no longer required breast milk. Mother: I see … and was that your decision or the mother’s? Wet Nurse: Hers, of course. Mother: And how old was the [...]

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