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I celebrated my Christmas in the company of strangers

My wife and I hosted Christmas in our home, as we do every year. We open our doors to any and all and offer chili, cornbread, and sweets to friends and family who want to join us. In the past people have dropped by for 15 minutes or stayed all day. The list of guests…

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Friendship Application 3.0

Behold the newly-revised Friendship Application 3.0. Friendship Application 1.0 is more than five years old, and Friendship Application 2.0 is three years old, so it was time for an update. There have been instances in previous years when it seemed as if someone in my life was on the verge of becoming a genuine friend.…

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My friends are dullards by comparison.

When I see something like this, it makes me feel bad that my friends and I don’t possess similarly witty repartee. Why can’t my friends be more like Winston Churchill or George Bernard Shaw? Is that asking too much? 

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