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My mother-in-law can be a pain in the ass sometimes. Last weekend, her and my father-in-law came over to visit. She asked me a question about something, and I gave her an answer. She told me she was impressed that I knew that. “Mom,” I replied, “You may not believe...
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Sylvester Stallone: Voted “most likely to end up in the electric chair” by his teachers. One of my best friends growing up was Brian Griset. We were classmates in second grade and then one day when my parents tried out a new church, I realized he was also part of my...
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We moved into the house I grew up in back in 1967 when I was four. A year later, my mom gave birth to my little brother Marshall. The house had a HUGE yard by Southern California standards. I remember my dad bragging that we had a “tenth of an acre!” It was a mess...
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The summer between 8th grade and high school was a blast. It was 1978 and I was looking forward to a new school. It was too early to think about football since it was only June, and I wasn’t even sure I wanted to play. I did great in 8th grade flag football and of...
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Back in 1976, when I was 12, I attended a K-8 Lutheran school. My sixth-grade class was planning a mission trip over a long weekend down to Tijuana Mexico. This was exciting for me for a couple of reasons. First, TJ, as we referred to it back then, had some of the...
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Our weekly Burning Question asked about your earworm. Earworms are sections of songs that we remember in our minds. Once they start, these music memories can repeat uncontrollably—for hours, days, even weeks at a time. Research indicates that nine out of ten people...
