The holiday rush is upon us. Obnoxious and rude shoppers, crazy lunatic drivers, screaming children. Ah yes, the sounds of the season in northern New Jersey. What would it be without all of the aforementioned?
The Sunday before Thanksgiving, my son (who’s now 15) and I erected our 7-1/2 foot (artificial) tree - same as we’ve [...]

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I’ve done a number of things that would make an intelligent person stop and wonder, what was she thinking? where was her brain? Here’s the latest such event.
I was recently in the midst of preparing for an upcoming vacation. I had procrastinated about the wholly undesirable prospect of having to retrieve our luggage from the [...]

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Another friend. Another town. A different day.
A friend had recently purchased a new home. After having moved in, she came to discover that the lights in the den didn’t work. She checked the circuit breakers, and tried to otherwise diagnose what the problem might be. Having a double masters degree, she thought she should be [...]

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One of my friends is at home gearing up to mow her backyard with their super-deluxe Toro - the “Cadillac” of lawnmowers. It’s hot, she’s sweaty, but still - the grass must be cut. So, she bites the bullet, grabs a water bottle, and resolves herself to the tedious chore of mowing the lawn.
As [...]

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