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The Remedy is the Experience; the Comedy is that it’s Serious

No matter how old you get, no matter what occasion, there are always lessons to be learned from your family. Below, the Top 10 tips from the past 4th of July. Enjoy!

1. At 13, texting honeys whilst skateboarding is bad news. When you get a little older, it’s texting and driving. Sexting is bad news at any age.

2. My Uncle Ed is “Mediterranean” according to my Aunt Carole, and that’s why he tans. I thought he was from Yonkers, but I guess I was wrong.

3. Priests don’t like it when you skip church. They also do not like when you do yoga on the front lawn of the rectory.

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Moms Give the Best Advice

Just received this lovely e-mail from my mom. Clearly the Kelly in her mind gets into a lot of street fights.

Carroll, J. MS DOC to me

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

How’s work going?  Don’t punch anyone in the face.


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Audrey Marks is Proud of Me

So, all of the people I went to grad school with are pretty much amazing, and every day they each make their own great mark on the world, both big and small. And, since many of them are receiving accolades and becoming big shots in their fields of choice, I, as an only child, needed some validation that I was still loved. Enter Audrey Marks, who circulated this very important memo for your perusal:

This list (which includes two more bullet points that didn’t fit on the page) is now framed and hanging in my cubicle. I will refer to it when my spreadsheets aren’t up to par and the witty blog quips just aren’t coming as quickly. Audrey Marks, you my friend are the ultimate memo-maker.

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