The Reluctant Grownup – Page 193 – Growing old gracelessly.

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One Sentence Story – A Case of the Mondays

Exacerbating the usual Monday stress is the repetitive (but not rhythmic) loud thunking noise of the power-washer’s scaffold outside my skyscraper window – left to hang over the weekend’s gales, and…

October 26, 2015

Dear Friends, Drama Queen

Weekend Update

Oh, I love friends. These particular friends who came up this weekend, well I love them. We all had a great time, they loved the play, our house, my cooking…

February 27, 2007

Lawyerin'

Nevertheless, She Persisted

Years ago, I actually tried to have a meeting with the male partnership of my firm, regarding the various versions of the “Billy Graham Rule” that many of them seemed…

April 2, 2017

Saturday

RG / August 30, 2009

Late wakeups. Coffee and magazines, Jack still in bed. Adult quiet for a few blissful moments.Up, dressed, in the car. We leave our urban home, looking for Nature.We find her, dear god, Nature…

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Rockin' the Suburbs

RG / August 25, 2009

This title has nothing to do with anything, except the Ben Folds song is in my head. The toughest thing about law school so far has been managing the information feeds. I…

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Hello (hello) (hello)

RG / August 23, 2009

Is there an echo in here? (in here?) (in here?) Anybody there? (there?) (there?) Orientation is ova, homies. It went fine. I was being a snot about it, but it was actually pretty…

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One Sentence Story – The Wisdom

RG / August 17, 2009

Parenting, like driving, is an act of such magnitude and potential for life-altering screwup . . . that when performing it, it’s best not to think too deeply about it and just enjoy…

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Thish

RG / August 14, 2009

So, on Wednesday the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles nearly destroyed my will to live. I’ll spare you the narrative, I’ll merely give you a smattering of details and let you paint the…

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