Category: Origin Stories
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The Genetic Origins of Foot-in-Mouth Disease
For someone who made a living out of speaking extemporaneously, my father was notorious in our family lore for his hilarious verbal slip-ups. The apple falleth not far from the tree.
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The Day Mom Said “Vagina”
“My mother, my relationship with whom I can most generously refer to as “complicated,” was a character in her own right.”
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“F” in Penmanship
Seeing Dad’s handwriting always makes me laugh a little. It was awful. REALLY AWFUL. Some capital letters, some lower-case. Part cursive and part print. Some letters (see the lower case “a” and “g” on the sticky note) bore minimal resemblance to the versions I was taught in kindergarten at St Cyprian’s Episcopal School. The “a”…
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Human Beings Are Animated Dust
“..the complete awe in Dad’s countenance when he talked about the constant and unconditional love of a being powerful enough to create entire universes was contagious.”
Notes from Camp Kitsch 