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Swedish Fish are Made in Canada: And Other Realizations of a Slow Learner
The mother of a dear friend was the most superstitious person I ever knew. She carried a large number of crazy notions with her right up to her death from a bolt of lightning after inadvertently walking under a ladder … Continue reading
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An Open Letter to Santa Claus (With a Copy to Ropes & Gray)
If my happiness means anything at all to you, which it must since you are a holy man, let’s dispense with the moral accounting and talk about the loot I need. I am not going to spend an entire year behaving in a certain way that seems acceptable to an elderly man on a frozen continent whose social circle is a bit dubious if one is to judge from the animated films. I’d ask you please to put away your quaint notions of good and bad and get yourself down the chimney at my place on time. Continue reading