My Captor’s brother and his wife invited us to visit Ireland. While briefly offended we weren’t their first choice –
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Mothers, doing God’s work. Or for atheists, doing bleak nothingness’ work. Happy Mother’s day! The most important day of the
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Me Mother was a Gilligan. And even more Irish than that sounds. It was a different time – even without
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I’ve always wanted to be popular. Haven’t we all? My goal for this website is one million followers and ‘influencer’
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Happy Easter, the ‘Super Bowl of Christianity’! The day Christians celebrate the Resurrection, and the promise of eternal life. But
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Rites of Passage. The sequel. All over again. Parenting is a serious slog, relieved by occasional fun moments – like
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Everything you know is wrong. Is it advice my Father gave me, or feedback from former teachers and bosses? Regardless,
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Two weeks later, and I’m still sleeping until noon every day. My Captor and I were in a great routine;
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I have as many plans for the afterlife as the here and now. And the Nifty really does exist! As
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Death is no laughing matter. I learned that the hard way with my self-financed one-man musical comedy “Death is a
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