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  • Justin. Why?

    Why, you ask. Why did we bring this boy into the world? The simple answer is because we could. Also, his mother and I shared the dream of all parents to raise a Perfect Child. We did not succeed at first, so we tried again. We did not succeed at second, so again we tried,

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  • Memories of My Father

    I think it’s regretful that most people, including me, have no or little memory of the first few years of our lives. I’ve often wondered what was my father like in those initial years following my mother’s death. How long did he carry that grief, what was his attitude and what were his emotions as

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  • How did you meet Claudia?

    So many have heard this story, ad infinitum, yet it remains a tale that cannot be retired. It appeals to all who hear it, regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, political affiliation, social standing, and undocumented status. It needs to be preserved, respected and revered for posterity. This is the story of When Bob Met

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  • Designing the Afterlife

    My ideal Afterlife would be profoundly different from what is proclaimed by the believers and religious sectors of our population, i.e., that our souls rise to Heaven where we can rejoice in the presence of God and our deceased loved ones for eternity. The imagery I’ve had of that proposition is that we would float

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  • Meaning of Life

    Well, this is not exactly a softball question. Whatever makes you think that I know the meaning of life? I only have unproven thoughts about it. Whether the focus is on spirituality or humanity, however, or any other emphasis, life and all it has to offer can be a treasure. It has been said by

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  • When Chris Was Born

    My first reaction was to suggest a paternity test. I couldn’t believe that I was involved in the creation of such a handsome baby. I was assured by the lovely little Scottish nurse that a test wasn’t necessary, that the reason Chris was so strikingly clean and pure (attributes that have continued to this day)

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  • Favorite Cocktails

    Finally, after weeks of inane questions that have been submitted to me, I now have a topic of importance to discuss, and happily it’s a subject I know quite a bit about. I would have responded sooner but since there are so many candidates for inclusion in a Top 10 list, I decided that I

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  • The “Incident”

    Surely. I was invited to play golf at Manor Country Club on a cool September day in 1985. It was my first time on a golf course, indeed my first exercise, since my life-saving back surgery in early June of that year. I was quite conscious of not doing harm to my fragile spine so

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  • Favorite Jokes

    I’m glad you asked. I’ll list them below and for posterity’s sake I’ll include those you may have endlessly heard before. Irish Jokes: Sean O’Malley was a faithful patron of Maloney’s pub in Boston. Each night he would order 3 pints of Guinness and 3 shots of Jamison, served side by side. Maloney asked him

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  • Super Bowls!

    Each one was Super Fun, even the one that the boys in the Burgundy and Gold lost. I am grateful to have had the good fortune to attend four Super Bowls and welcome this opportunity to relate my experiences at those events. Upfront, though, I want to say that I am not like a Trumpster

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