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Tag Archives: Family
Needs and Desires
Under trying circumstances, I attempted to teach my son things I thought were most valuable about life. I tried to teach him the difference between needs and desires. Granted, he’s handicapped and on welfare, and his basic needs are met. … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Expository Writing, Love, Personal History, Plain English
Tagged Culture, Demigods, Family, Life, Money, Needs and Desires, Parenting, Strangers, Teaching, Wisdom
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The Investment
It was perhaps a year before he died, during a visit when he was in Assisted Living, that he said to me, out of the blue: “When I die, you get the vest.” I recognized it as a breakthrough on … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, Love, Observations, Personal History, Plain English
Tagged Adult Diapers, Basketball, Basketball Shorts, Belts, Brotherly Love, Brothers, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, COPD, Culottes, Custom Leg Wraps, Death, Dry up and blow away!, Dry Up!, Edema, Family, Geriatrics, Humanity, Incontinence, Incontinence Briefs, Insulated Vests, Life, Logic, Magic Beans, Nutritional Supplements, Old Age, Old Men, Pharmaceuticals, Rollators, Senior Citizens, set-in blood stains, Sports Fans, Suspenders, T-shirts, V-neck T-shirts, Varicose Veins, Velcro, Walkers, Wheelchairs, Wisdom
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Siblings
When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Economics, Personal History, Plain English, The Twentieth Man, Veterans
Tagged Ambition, Brothers, College, College Tuition, Competition, education, Family, Family Dynamics, Fathers, Finance, GI Bill, GI Bill of Rights, Hope, Siblings, Sisters, Truth, Veterans
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Tupperware, The Last Word
I haven’t actually attended a Tupperware Party since childhood but I learn by observing. While it’s nice to share cookies and soups and leftovers and such with all your friends, neighbors, relatives and co-workers there is a dark side to … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Observations
Tagged "The United States of America", Childhood, Family, Hell, Judgement, Law, Sharing, Tupperware, Tupperware Parties
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The Twentieth Man – Explained
Here’s a question: To what does “The Twentieth Man” refer? – Amy On the Internet I’m known as The Twentieth Man. In Internet parlance this pseudonym (false name) goes by many other names: Sometimes it’s called an Account Name. Sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in For Feminists, Human Sacrifice, The Twentieth Man, Uncategorized, Veterans
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