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Carole

Carole posted Wunderkind | 12 hours ago

Went to my 20th high school reunion this past weekend. Holy cow, am I old. I was only 17 when I graduated from there, and it's 20 years later. And it really didn't seem to take that long to go from wunderkind to, you know, tribal elder. Really, it's happened even since the last reunion I went to,...

Khanh Tran

Khanh Tran posted Senior Citizen | May 27, 2007

Curt went to get a haircut yesterday, and the lady gave him a Senior Discount. He's 52. He debated whether to correct her, but he was too cheap to give up the $7 discount it proffered. He hates paying $20 for a haircut anyway, since he doesn't have a lot of hair to cut. And there's not much styling...

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Khanh Tran posted Sir Ed and me | Jan 20, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary has died. In this small country, where there seems to be 3 degrees of separation instead of 6, everyone has a connection to Sir Ed, as he is affectionately called. Here are mine: • I can't claim to have ever met him, but he lived about 2 miles away and I drive by his house every...

Khanh Tran

Khanh Tran posted PARTY!!! | May 20, 2007

Erica and Nolan chopped and mixed and assembled and cooked all day. And they made every dish into a work of art! Curt cleaned the bathrooms, replaced light bulbs, and picked up 2 cakes from a fancy bakery in Parnell. I hoovered (vacuumed), but that was the extent of my contribution. Then I took a...