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As a kid, I hated scary movies. I saw too many of them at an early age. My sister, five years my elder, had an appetite for horror that couldn’t be satiated. Stephen King novels inundated her bookshelves and films like “Halloween” and “Alien” were...
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My parents met in the 1960s and fell in love. My mother was a recent Chinese immigrant. She arrived in the United States to attend college. She found my (Caucasian) father at Kansas University. More specifically, she found him in a graduate-level anatomy class. She...
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  Whatever you do, don’t use the phrase, “It’s just business” in my presence. Not now. Not today. The phrase “It’s just business” is used when a company acts callously or cruelly. The phrase “It’s just business” hit home in Davis, California this week. This...
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Not long ago, my son brought home a Guinea pig. His sixth-grade class “shares” him. “Reeses”—named for his large peanut-butter colored spots—is a rescue animal. Alex’s teacher, a kind, thoughtful young woman, saved Reeses from sure doom and made him the class pet. Students take...
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By David Weinshilboum I just got back from watching the movie “The Hobbit.” It was good. But jeeeeeez. It was long, longer than my spelling of “jeez.” In fact, I attended last month’s premiere, and I just got home. OK, I made that last part...
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When I was a young child — I couldn’t have been much older than 3 years old — I would delight in watching the moon follow the car as we drove from place to place. I would peek up at the ghostly orb in amazement....
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by David Weinshilboum Nothing says, “I love you” like getting shot in the ass. I know, thanks to my 11-year-old son, Alex. Before you go calling Child Protective Services, I want to clarify that I was the one who got shot. In my ass. By...
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by David Weinshilboum The Olympics are here. I enjoy the Olympics because something unexpected and shocking always happens. In 1980, the USA hockey team performed a “miracle on ice” and defeated the Soviets. In 1996, US gymnast Kerri Strug vaulted on one leg to win...
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by David Weinshilboum My mother is a tiny thing. She is five feet tall in high heels and has a fragile frame. Underneath her large, owl-like glasses, her eyes seem to be in a constant state of merriment. Her looks, however, belie her bulldog nature....
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