Canter Bridge

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So here I am, middle-aged and a little too rotund, when along comes a guy friend almost as middle aged and nearly as rotund who challenges me to a one-year fat-off competition.

Being a Guy Thing, this is not about mutual encouragement or any healthy kind of accountability. This is war, with all the mutual humiliation that goes with such unrelenting hostility. (more…)

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A tale of two friends and the Mag Lite:

Fifteen years ago, a friend living in Pakistan sent me a Mag Lite for my birthday in a vain effort to make me more ‘handy’. Though the larger cause was doomed from the start, I’ve been a Mag Lite user ever since, keeping one close at hand in each of the family cars and in each level of the home. (more…)

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If the NCAA sanctioned an intercollegiate sport called Cranky Light Sleeper, my wife would be the Division I national champion. Meanwhile, I’m the guy who needs to chill and read for a while before drifting off to sleep, maybe even have a chat …

And they say us guys aren’t relational. (more…)

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Something there is about a heavy corkscrew. It makes things seem right with the world. (more…)

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A good pair of scissors is like your right leg. You don’t realize how easy it makes regular life until you lose it. (more…)

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This relatively inexpensive Citizen Quartz watch has a thin profile and swings easily on the wrist. Mine is identical to the Amazon site photo except that the entire band is gold colored rather than alternating with stainless steel silver. (more…)

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