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Holiday of the Heart

Posted on 11. Feb, 2008 by Jackie Papandrew.

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Now that football season is finally over (YEAH! Oops, did I say that out loud?), it is time for American men to focus on something far more important. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, fellas – surprisingly, it is falling on February 14th this year, just kind of snuck up on you, didn’t it? If you have [...]

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The Loose End

Posted on 04. Feb, 2008 by Jackie Papandrew.

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To celebrate the end of football season, I’ve posted something I wrote back at the beginning of yet another season of insanity…
Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead. — Erma Bombeck
By some strange twist of fate, I’ve brought forth a football fanatic. My son is one [...]

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LBD Conspiracy

Posted on 17. Dec, 2007 by Jackie Papandrew.

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It’s funny how one’s self-image tends to stay frozen in time. Your mind picks out a moment when you looked your best, sometimes a moment that occurred many moons (and many pounds) ago, and it goes through some kind of freezing process that crystallizes this warm memory into a mental ice cube tray where you [...]

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‘Tis A Few Weeks ‘Til Christmas

Posted on 09. Dec, 2007 by Jackie Papandrew.

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‘Tis a few weeks ’til Christmas and all through my house
Not a gift has been bought, and I’m feeling like a louse.
The dog chewed up the stockings I left in her reach without care
And I’m hoping St. Nicholas will soon take her with him in the air.
My consumers, er, children, nestle each night snug [...]

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Of Mice and Martha

Posted on 26. Nov, 2007 by Jackie Papandrew.

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Every year about this time, I harvest a new crop of hope that’s been watered by an abundance of denial. I envision a holiday season infused with peace, saturated with a spirit of thankfulness and goodwill. There will be no chaos this year, no crush of time bearing down on us like a frenetic freight [...]

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Testosterone Trouble

Posted on 18. Oct, 2007 by Jackie Papandrew.

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way – Aristotle
For every woman, there comes a bellwether moment when she realizes that all men are, indeed, created equal. Like it or not, she must face the fact that every male in her life is a walking testament to testosterone. From the time [...]

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Posted on 06. Sep, 2007 by Jackie Papandrew.

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My all-time favorite commercial is the one where a father with an ear-to-ear grin is pushing a shopping cart through a Staples store, gleefully tossing in school supplies as his dejected children follow glumly behind and “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” plays in the background.