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Golden pond scum

I went to meet my girlfriend’s 90-year-old father. They have a conflicted relationship. He doesn’t “agree” with his daughter’s homosexuality, generally looks down on women, and believes they should be helpful, nice, pretty and married to men. When we got to his upscale senior living facility a few hours away, I jokingly asked my girlfriend […]

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Guilty Conscience

(Look at this guy! How can you not feel bad for him? He’s all sad and factory-ridden. Is it just me? Anyone … anyone? Fine.) If you’re like me, you probably have a lot of Catholic friends/family, and so you know that we’re in the middle of Lent. (Or maybe you are Catholic. In which […]

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