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500 rubles

We exit the hotel in Moscow and there’s a cab parked in front of the hotel. Wife: “Kremlin” The driver stares at her blankly. Husband (in mean, Russian accent): “Kremlin” Driver: “800 rubles” Wife: “What? No way.” Driver: “Minimum from hotel is 1000 rubles.” Wife: “We’ll walk” (we start walking …

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Weird pockets

I woke up at 5:30am today to drive to Dallas for a full day out, for my pre-op appointment, hospital blood work, lunch at Chipotle (out of carnitas, had chicken), computer work at Starbucks, physical therapy, and dinner at Chipotle (different location, out of carnitas, had steak).  Throughout the day …

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Excellent hair day

After I was done buying sliced chicken and turkey, the lady at the supermarket deli counter became the third person to recently comment on my (long-overdue-for-a-cut) hair, when she said: May I dare say that you’re having an excellent hair day.

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Stylish glasses beware

I met a high school friend for lunch this week.  I’ve seen her once in the last 20 years.  When I saw her I went to give her a hug and in the process knocked down her sunglasses on the floor.  The glass came off of one side.  She didn’t let …

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Toasted plantain

Today my wife set on fire a plantain she was microwaving at her office, which is in the 9th story of a building, which luckily is still standing. I think I will either barricade our kitchen or install a sprinkler system that goes off when the wife threatens to cook.

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Half-way to the curb

I think either my brain CPU got infected with a virus or I’m running out of RAM.  I had never done this before, but two weeks in a row now I have “taken the garbage out” by taking the garbage bags to the garbage bag bins but failing to take …

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Popping right to hand

Today as I was making popcorn with our awesome air popper (thanks Lauren!), while eating the popcorns at the same time, a popcorn popped right into my hand.  It was awesome.

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