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Sunday, January 4, 2026

Thursday Timing

Whenever New Year’s Day fell on a Thursday, it was the best-case scenario for us kids in school. If New Year’s Day landed anywhere from Sunday through Wednesday, we were back in school on January 2. But when it was a Thursday, we’d get Friday off too, instead of dragging everyone back to school for... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, December 26, 2025

A Hellish Driving Day - Part 2

Late September 2002 Things were going well on the drive to Huntington. The route included a highway with a 55-mile-per-hour speed limit. While Mom had driven me there for my earlier sessions, I hadn’t fully committed the route to memory, so Dad gave directions as we went. We were approaching the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

The Dated Library

When I was at Loyola College, our library had a dated look. If you had been transported from 1950 to the year 2000, you would have still felt right at home. The library was so dated to where it was not included on the prospective student tour. In 2008, the renovated library was fully open after a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, December 15, 2025

A Hellish Driving Day - Part 1

Late September 2002. Dad and I quickly established a routine once school started. Because of how my high school was laid out, there was a traffic circle in the middle of the driveway that served as the pick-up and drop-off point. I would pull into the circle, hand Dad my keys, and head into school... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

The Neighbor and the Bus

I remember sitting at the exit of my neighborhood, waiting to make a left turn. A school bus was stopped to the right, dropping off kids, and a police car was directly behind it on the four-lane road. The neighbor behind me must have gotten impatient. Instead of waiting, they swung around me, made a... Sign in to see full entry.

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