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I triple-dog dare you
I couldn’t believe my ears, but there it was, out in the open, and we all heard it. If you’ve seen the movie, A Christmas Story, with you’ll-shoot-your-eye-out Ralphie, then you know there’s no getting around a triple-dog dare. Harold had no choice but to follow through, no matter the consequence. This was the early…
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Avoid insanity. Run faster.
For some, I am told, high school days are the best in your life. My experiences were to the contrary. I did a lot of running those six years, grades seven through twelve, often passing the track team, clearly identified by their gym garb. I was in my street clothes running, not for sport, but…
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Clams, belly buttons, and pubic hair
I was sixteen when the Greyhound bus crossed the New York State line. My sister, fourteen, sat next to me. Up to that point we had never traveled more than fifty miles from our home town. It was to be an epic journey. A trip had been planned along the California coast, from Los Angeles…
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Popped corn and burned boobs
I was working in the kitchen when she ran in, pulled her shirt out of her pants and up to her neck. She then took hold of her bra and pulled that up and over her breasts. All right, a bit of flashing action. I can deal with that. She then began slapping her breasts.…
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The perfect couple
The year was 1972. They were the perfect couple. He was sixteen, a star athlete. She was fifteen, a popular cheerleader. Their world changed one night after he drove her home. They sat on the couch in the living room, drinking lemonade and talking. Her parents weren’t home. She went into her bedroom and came…