Christmas Morning Chez Roche

Here’s a look at the post-present time at our house this morning.

Our Christmas Letter 2008

The Choose-Your-Response, Mad Libs Way of Looking at a Life Led in Suburban Philadelphia.
Well, another [year has flown by, one bites the dust, Christmas letter that you can make fun of]. We’re all getting [older, more beautiful, increasingly boring] and hopefully a little [wiser, funnier, drunker].
We’re [preparing, battening down the hatches, moving] in anticipation [...]

A Week Off

I don’t know what to do with myself. I have a week off. The whole week. Which means that I’ll just do a few hours of work a day from the comfort of my favorite chair. Then I’ll take a nap. I might follow that up with another micro-nap. Ah, the comforts of time off.

Do You Want an Honest Answer?

Is there ever a good thing to come when someone, when asked a question, says, “Do you want an honest answer?”
Ba-da-boom. The rest of the answer is never what the questioner wants. Oops.

One of the Best Stories Ever

Ah, the things a guy will do when he’s 16 and his friend says, “Let’s take my dad’s car for a spin.” This story by my buddy Rich Mennenoh, The Tuna, really cracks me up. The last sentence is the clincher.

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