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by Sharon Walling Lila, at nine was the younger of two sisters. She laughed easily and had a heart bigger than her years. She played piano and sang and did both very well, thank you very much. She was a good student, because school was not only a favorite pastime, it was an escape.But when [...]
Here in Seattle, it’s known as Soak ‘Em* and back in 1979, when I was in the seventh grade, it was more brutal than any other game our emotionally damaged gym teacher could select from his vast trunk of torturous and humiliating activities. Hands down, Soak ‘Em was more painful than touch football, more dangerous [...]
“What you need is a vacation.” Sixty-fifth Assistant glanced at his boss through the corner of his eye, sneaking a peek at the boss’s reaction to his suggestion. Noting with no small amount of relief that the boss was still sitting calmly behind his desk, he dared to add, “Perhaps somewhere near Capricus Prime or [...]
You know, we’re well past the age of hairy chests and gold chains, yet I still see men who cannot seem to grasp what the true nature of manliness actually is. They do the most insipid things to appear virile and masculine, thereby succeeding only in revealing to everyone the basest aspects of being male. [...]
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