29 December 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Rules of safety

Never light a cigarette at a gas station, lest you should ignite the few drops of gasoline that have spilled en route from tank to pump, or the gallons that have choked unstoppably forth from the nozzle when some yuppie idiot girl on her iPhone pulls it from her car before it’s done pumping and [...]

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18 November 2008 ~ 9 Comments

It's a parable. Y'know, because their ceremony needed some Jesus.

Several months ago, Ben and Abbie had their first “for better or for worse” moment: they decided to run a marathon together.
They started out strong, running together six days a week along the lake shore, past their new condo and the grassy spot where they got engaged, nothing between them but the Chicago summer sunshine [...]

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