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Only Fools are Positive, My Mother Used to Say
“Good morning, sisters!” I texted. Please, your honest opinion on a little matter. What do you think about my 77-year-old-friend, Tina, romancing our 45-year-old tennis instructor? Our sons would never, ever go for that, even if her last name were Midas and she were Venus de Milo, which she certainly is not! Maybe I’m just not hip enough?”As I wrote, I smiled to myself and chuckled. I could hear Beth’s sarcastic voice return, “Let me guess, he’s moved in with her, right? “Of course, he has!” I would reply. Then, Jackie, losing her usual modesty, would text, “No mental images, please!” All thre...
More than just a slight
The magnitude of a slight is relative, and to those with limited perception, it can be less than a neuron firing into the abyss, a moment swept away into the basket of irrelevance. For the inflictor, it often leaves not a mark on the www.onedoor.ccedifice of that day’s events, and sails like a plastic bag in the breeze. But to the inflicted, it can sit and fester and accumulate like mould in a bowl, until it captures everything around it. Finn sat slumped, almost hunched over in the office of Mr Altman. He was shaking his head slightly, peering out behind Mr Altman to the rows of screens with graphs and ch...
The Pianist
I guess while I was at the open house for the apartment the landlord had cast a silencing charm. I promise, no sound penetrated the walls I now know to be incredibly thin during that half hour. And it was okay, for a couple weeks after I moved in. The pipes groaned and the AC complained, but the neighbors were tame in their little boxes. Nothing kept me awake at night. That is, until the pianist moved in next door. A walking contradiction, his clothes were too big and his personality too small; he apologized just for walking past me in the hallway, and yet a quiet challenge answered my request...
Bit by Bit
“Well, that didn't go exactly as planned.”“Understatement Steve. What genius thought this would work anyway?”“Afraid that would be me.”“Charlie, you would never have dreamt this up on your own!”“No, I...just helped Steve work out a few details, that's all.”“Does this look like you worked them out? Huh? Does it?!”“Don't be so hard on Charlie, Kevin. It was supposed to be simple. All of the data said so.”“Why did I let you two talk me into this? In all our years of schemes and plans, did anything you suggested go as planned?”“Hey. Steve is really good at this stuff. You just never let him be in ...