The kids volunteered to be in the church Christmas Eve play last week.  The next morning, they had changed their minds but like they said in Eden, “You can’t take it back.” On the fateful eve, Sun Su narrated well.  Ooseung was supposed to play Jesus’ ring girl carrying a “NO VACANCY” sign across the [...]

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“Let’s go to that Japanese restaurant you like,” Amy said on my birthday. “Later, grams,” I said to my mom as she watched the kids. It was one of the first heavy snows this month.  The downtown lights made the kind of lonely neon Christmas I like.  The sushi restaurant was empty in an eerie [...]

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Just some pics from my recent trip to the optometrist, taken by my lovely wife, above. The glasses above say:  I have the power of invisibility … but it only works on eyewear. The kids laugh hysterically at these.  Maybe because they look like Grouch Marx glasses minus the moustache (but including the big ass [...]

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“So did you get a new TV with the money I gave you?” I asked my mom on the phone, silently vowing that I would not hang up on her in mid-sentence this holiday season. “Are you driving right now?” she asked.  If I say yes, she’ll hang up. “No.” “Then let me tell you [...]

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