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Accidentally Phone Tapped

May 4, 2011

Heart rug is hearted. Sometimes I listen to Elvis Duran in the morning, and the best part is the Phone Taps, where they prank-call someone, playing up on their most reactive qualities. Ever since we bought this house (a week ago), I’ve been unintentionally phone-tapping my dad.  You see, every day this week, we’ve been going over to the house and doing something to it to make it habitable, then collapsing in a heap when we get back to Mr. ...

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WEATHER UPDATE: Winter still wintering, being bleak

February 1, 2011

Let me set the scene for you. 6:58 in the morning. I am bleary and driving to work, listening to the radio: It is slushing and a little bit sleeting because goddamn you already February: , but not bad enough that I don’t feel comfortable driving. The phone rings.  It’s my dad.  Frankly, I’m surprised he called so late, because usually he calls me at 6:15 am and then again at 6:32. “Are you going to work today?” “Yes, why?” ...

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Comparative Dadvantage

September 7, 2010

This is my dad. He is extremely handy.  He can fix almost anything and, if he doesn’t know how to fix it already, he will research the hell out of it until he finds out.  He has repaired televisions, doors, gardens, garages, bathrooms, broken glasses, broken computers, broken cell phones, pianos, and, most importantly, cars. This Labor Day Weekend, as I was home with my parents, my dad, hawk-eyed, noticed a problem with my car’s windshield wipers.  I didn’t notice, ...

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A conversation with my parents about India

March 8, 2010

As part of our continuing world travel plans, Mr. B and I are planning to go to India this spring because we’re bored of Europe (see: Prague) and ready for a little bit of third-world excitement. Little did we know that the excitement would start before we even bought our tickets. This weekend, we were in Philadelphia with my parents and my mother-in-law and the conversation came around to our travel plans. “I don’t like this idea at all,” said ...

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