“What time is your grandfather’s ghost supposed to be at your mom’s house?” I asked Amy as I stumbled into the bathroom. “8:30.  We’re late,” she answered, touching up in the mirror. “Ghosts eat breakfast, why not lunch?  Or dinner?  Snacks?” “He comes in the morning, that’s it.  Are you coming?” “No.” I missed last [...]

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“Are you taking preorders on the new Mortal Kombat for Xbox?  The one with the new joystick,”  I asked the game store employee. “Hmm.  I think it’s only for the PS3,” he answered wrongly. “You sure?” “Lemme check.”  He looked it up on his computer. “Dude,” a Dude hanging out behind the counter said, “Gonna [...]

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This is going to sound weird but (to borrow an intro I hear a lot in the hospital) the first symptom I had was a faint vibration between my legs. Initially I thought it was just my pant folds shifting or my imagination.  As it kept recurring, I entertained stranger ideas like maybe I was [...]

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Things have been anti-climactic since my test last month.  I had plans to write about it during the afterglow of victory.  It would have been all fighting game action, entitled MEDIKAL KOMBAT or TEST YOUR MIGHT (test, get it?), with me standing victorious, a pulsating heart in one hand and a seizing spine in the [...]

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One day before my big test and I am at the peak of both anxiety and bitterness.  I was on my way to a work meeting when my brother called. ME:  “Hey, what’s up?” BROTHER:  “Just wanted to tell you, I was taking my daughter out, and out of the blue she says – I [...]

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