Had a battle with the wardrobe. Nothing matched. Plaids and stripes collided, like atomic collisions, so disaster inevitably happened. No one wanted to be my friend. No one wanted to be near me. It was a plague of the fashion variety. Everyone thought it would kill them if they got too close. They turned and …
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Looking for a car metaphor.
Like running the wipers on a dry day. Fixing the engine when the tires are all flat. Like driving with your lights on in the daytime. Peaceful as driving slower than necessary through a tree-lined street. Like putting small wheels on a car and thinking it’s fast. Like putting giant wheels on a car and …
Categorical Love
A woman whose husband has sports equipment he’s never used. And she doesn’t mention it. A woman who thinks her husband is hot. A man who thinks his wife is hot. A man who picks up the cracker off the kitchen floor, instead of complaining that his wife didn’t pick it up. Dogs who love …
Circular Attacks
The topic of bullying is a circular one. Let’s say you feel like the rich man is bullying you by pouring his finances in anti-you organizations. You protest locally. Change is so slow and seemingly out of reach. But then something twists. A worker at the anti-you organization claims he was bullied by protesters as …
Lego Death Star!
My child did something amazing. Check this out. It’s the Lego Death Star! Finished! “Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station.” Sound familiar? My boy didn’t say it when he showed me he was done, but he should have. It was the first line from the movies that popped in …
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