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Coming from a working class Sicilian family, going to college was something of an ordeal. No one in my immediate family had ever gone to college. Mom got her high school equivalency when I was in 8th grade (I helped her with her homework), and my father went to work in the family waste removal bu… Read More
Get Yourself A Fairy Godmother
Today I talked with Sharon for nearly three hours.
"AUNTIE Sharon" is what she'll say to that sentence. Yes, Aunt Sharon, in that she is one of Louie's little sisters (there's a load of other aunts). But Lou is my mother's husband, not my "bio dad" nor my "on paper" father at all, and regard… Read More
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YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL: Stop Competing In Beauty Contests
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Hey, Women,
Hi, how ya doing? So yesterday was weird, right? Two days before the second Presidential debate, an old tape surfaced that shows the Republican nominee bragging about how he forcefully gropes and kisses any woman that he finds attractive, married or not. Then … Read More
45 Things I Know
1. Don't pry open anything with your teeth.
2. Support NPR, independent musicians and public television.
3. Don't skimp on three things in life: your mattress, your shoes, and your food. In these areas, buy quality, however else you might economize.
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