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I took a leap of faith this week. One more in a long line of leaps that have me feeling a bit like the bouncing ball.
I’m funny. I am. All I ever wanted was to be a guest on the Johnny Carson show. I know he’s retired, hells, he’s dead, but still, it’s what I [...]

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I never knew what that meant, a particular age.
Then I got there, to that particular age. I’m not sure that it connotes an actual number, but more a state of being.
All my life I’ve looked 35. Not just any 35, but a 35 year old school teacher. It sucked when I was 11, but  became [...]

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Tommy died of old age, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. We’re supposed to be okay with that.
The problem with old age is that you’ve been around long enough to really affect people when you leave. If one of the newborn bunnies had died, it would be sad, but I had a relationship [...]

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