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A Lesson From An Old Dog

Yup.  That’s really my dog.  Her name is Souvie and it’s short for Souvenir.  My wife was visiting her brother in the New Mexico desert when this tiny little puppy wandered over to them.  She weighed about six pounds and still had her baby teeth.  Somebody had dumped her off

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Hard Scrabble

I used to play Scrabble with my mom.  We lived in different states so we played together online.  Over the years we played dozens of games against each other.  And it was hard.  I lost nearly every time.  Either my mom was pretty good at playing Scrabble or she cheated. 

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un-American

I travelled to Montreal once.  Well, several times actually.  It’s a nice city.  But, I always found being there to be a bit unsettling.  There’s something slightly off about it.  It’s like being in an American city, but not quite.  The street signs don’t look like they should, some of

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Heir Conditioning

If you want to slowly change your environment, you use air conditioning.  But what if you wanted to slowly change an entire country? Yesterday, I was in the parking lot of our local range, waiting for it to open.  A guy about my age came up and started talking with

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