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Weekly Contest #282
By the time I worked up the courage to call the prettiest girl in town (and not coincidentally the girl who once lived next door) I was an emotional train wreck. So I figured she would hang up in my ear. Or worse, say something like “No, I won’t go out with you, and don’t call again! I don’t date nerds.” But I’m getting ahead of myself, so let me share a little history.This course correction really began three years earlier, when my family moved away from the old neighborhood. Why my parents never asked me how I'd feel if we left Celeste beh...
Weekly Contest #274
My phone chirped on a Sunday afternoon on 11 November 2007. That ticked me off immensely because I was immersed in the Giants vs. Cowboys match up. The two division rivals duked it out twice a year, and I didn’t welcome the intrusion. But I’d forgotten to mute my phone, so I had only myself to blame. But Caller ID said Celia 20thCentury. I had known her for over twenty years, and she was more like a friend than a realtor. Even so I picked up thinking, This had better be REALLY important! And as it so happ...
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