February 27 2008

Meet Janie

Janie was born in 1977. Her mother had toxemia, so Janie was born prematurely and she almost died. Because she was born two months early, she has tiny underdeveloped ears that did not unfold all the way, but don’t say this in front of her mom because she will kick you in the [...]



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February 26 2008

What a jackass looks like

Those Texans love their irrational jackasses.
Deborah Solomon interviews Texas Governor Rick Perry:
Let’s talk about your new book, “On My Honor,” which draws on your experience as an Eagle Scout and champions the values of the Boy Scouts of America, to whom you are donating your royalties. Yes, to their legal-defense fund.
Which [...]



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February 22 2008

On a Friday in 2002

About six years ago, I was spending a lot of time on the phone with Janie, sometimes up to three hours a night talking about…what? Who talks about anything for three hours a night? What could I possibly have had to say? That’s probably why she fell asleep while I was mustering [...]



02/22/2008 | Janie - daily | Trackback | 2 Comments »

February 21 2008

Across the universe

Janie and I have been sharing a full size bed for the length of our relationship. For six long years we’ve positioned our bodies in unnatural poses around three sleeping cats whose only responses to prodding to move are to growl. We’ve spent most of the years pressed tightly together like peas in [...]



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February 20 2008

To the assistant at my allergist’s office

While you were preparing to draw blood for that allergy test, I should have known. It should have been obvious when you started to explain your “one prick” rule whereby you give yourself one chance to do it right, or find someone else who can. If not that, I should definitely have started [...]



02/20/2008 | daily - open letter | Trackback | 3 Comments »

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