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2009-11-24T11:22:47-08:00

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In A Hospital Waiting Room

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 at 11:22 am By John Shore

(Update: 3:30 p.m. PST, 11/25/09. Cat won’t be going home tonight; we’ll be staying another night here at Club Med. She’s fine; she’s just not where she’d need to be to leave. So tomorrow’s a Thanksgiving we won’t forget!) (To catch up if you wanna, please see my last three posts, of which this is a continuation.) Just created this iPod playlist, “Waitin on Cat.” Here are the songs I found myself needing to hear for the next ten hours... Read more

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2009-11-24T05:52:24-08:00

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NOBODY PANIC!!!!!

Last updated on: November 24, 2009 at 5:52 am By John Shore

(Update: 3:30 p.m. PST, 11/25/09. Cat won’t be going home tonight; we’ll be staying another night here at Club Med. She’s fine; she’s just not where she’d need to be to leave. So tomorrow’s a Thanksgiving we won’t forget!) Wife Cat due at hospital this morning for operation at 7 o’clock. (Thanks for loving notes yesterday!!) Me, up. Check. Dressed. Check. Wearing lucky shoes. Check. Not feeling sacrilegious due to declaring the possession of lucky shoes. Check. Lined up and... Read more

2009-11-23T08:21:36-08:00

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Top 10 Things I’ll Worry About While My Wife is Getting Surgery Tomorrow

Last updated on: November 23, 2009 at 8:21 am By John Shore

These are the things I'll be worrying about when my wife is getting surgery tommorow. Read more

2009-11-22T11:43:02-08:00

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My Wife Catherine’s Going in For a Major Operation This Tuesday, 7 a.m.

Last updated on: November 22, 2009 at 11:43 am By John Shore

Yo, friends. In the most bloggiest of fashions (yay! remember when blogging meant keeping your friends and loved ones up on what was happening in your life, rather than what it means now, which is Write Completely Excellent Stand-Alone Column Pieces? Me, neither. But still), I am, in the quickest of morning moments, jettisoning All Things Punctuationally Proper (for one) to tell you that my dearly beloved wife Cat is, this Tuesday morning at 7 a.m., going under the knife.... Read more

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2009-11-20T11:10:43-08:00

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My Five Reasons For Not Having Children

Last updated on: November 20, 2009 at 11:10 am By John Shore

When young my wife and I decided not to have children. Here's why. Read more

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2009-11-19T07:40:21-08:00

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I’ll Bet People Magazine Doesn’t Even Return My Photos

Last updated on: November 19, 2009 at 7:40 am By John Shore

Are you kidding me, People magazine? This guy is your 2009 “Sexiest Man Alive”?! Oh, come on. He looks like one of the Village People on drugs. And his being on drugs would explain why Johnny No-Depth here is clearly hallucinating that he’s on a polar bear rug with a roaring fireplace behind him. Plus—hello, People magazine: anyone there own a calendar? Because you should know 2009 isn’t even over yet. There’s still plenty of time left this year for... Read more

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2009-11-17T20:04:59-08:00

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10 Important Lessons You Can Learn From Watching Porn

Last updated on: November 17, 2009 at 8:04 pm By John Shore

It's amazing what you can learn from porn. Read more

2009-11-16T13:03:06-08:00

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Christianity; My Mom; a Famous Shrink; “Penthouse” Magazine. The 70’s. Whatever.

Last updated on: November 16, 2009 at 1:03 pm By John Shore

Yesterday I wrote A Psychotherapist’s (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring, which is awesome even though I wrote it—but whatever. But that piece did make me remember that I know from psychotherapy. For one, the man who for some ten years was my stepfather (that’s the guy who marries your mom, right?) was (and I promise I’m not even almost exaggerating) a world-renowned psychologist. So much so, in fact, that there’s no question but that your life... Read more

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2009-11-15T11:02:11-08:00

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A Psychotherapist’s (Imagined) Field Notes on Why Church is So Boring

Last updated on: November 15, 2009 at 11:02 am By John Shore

In the news lately has been the results of a psychotherapist who analyzed why church is so boring. I thought it would be fun to imagine his (her?) notes. Read more

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2009-11-13T23:09:41-08:00

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God Help Me. I’m My Father.

Last updated on: November 13, 2009 at 11:09 pm By John Shore

Tonight my wife Catherine and I went to Pottery Barn to buy two white panel curtains that I’ll later hang in her office using my drill, a screw driver, a pencil, a level, and a step-ladder. When we arrived home at around 8 p.m. I made myself a martini, which I sipped at the dining room table while Cat warmed us both up some soup. We enjoyed our soup while sitting in front of our big TV watching “Indiscreet,” starring... Read more

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