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I'm in wisconsin.
I told a t-shirt salesman it was funny
that they were selling a print of michigan
with "milwaukee" scripted over it.
he protested that it was the great lakes,
and I said, "no, that's michigan."
he pointed to the left side and said,
"there's wisconsin."
and I pointed to the obvious mitten and said,
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i had a wild bird moment.
remember how
your parents told you
not to touch the baby birds
because their moms wouldn't
recognize their smell
and leave them to die?
nathan brought ransom home
after an evening at his parents'
and he didn't smell like my baby
anymore.
(i know better.)
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relatives
i'm so excited about this summer
when my cousins and my uncles and aunts
are coming over from the west
for a family reunion in michigan.
jumpingupanddown.
lidia, nathanael, aaron, andy,
mark, eric...
nathan stops me.
"who's eric?"
"you know, i have two cousins
in texas."
"i think you just go up to people
and ask,
'do you want to be my cousin -
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hamlet's got a skull in it.
with daria coming out on dvd soon,
and our friend kathryn clueless about the show's existence,
my brother and i recited a bit of dialogue for her benefit.
what i love is that william did the girl part,
and i accompanied with the boy part.
it was legit! -
flea market.
nathan told kathryn
'usually amanda has no
backbone.
but watch her haggle for
license plates.' -
bill cosby.
my brother was about to walk home from my house this evening,
and i pointed out
that with his headphones on,
he makes for an easy target.
he said,
'but amanda,
monsters cannot attack you
when you have your music.'