Below The Fold

To the two idiots I overheard discussing politics they don’t understand…
The conflict between Jews and Arabs is not a 1,000-year-long war. It is not even a 100-year-long war.
You could make an argument for maybe 86 years, although 60 is probably more accurate.
A couple of things to realize:
1) There’s no such thing as a holy war.
2) [...]

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Bossa Nova
I have thoughts, half finished, collected in a pile in the back of my closet, discarded unceremoniously like a half-eaten peanut butter sandwich and six soggy potato chips.
My eyes are tired.
I feel like a marathon runner who never finishes the race—never even sees the finish line. All I can do is sprint for short [...]

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First day of class
The…Trainer? Teacher? Trainer. The trainer seems nice enough. She’s a heavy woman who’s always smiling, so much so that you get the sense her cheeks hurt by the end of the night. She’s very hippy and well into her 40s, and she wears pants that are too short for her. There’s a [...]

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