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Mike Handley's Blog – July 2011 Archive (2)
Lost in Translation
During the first mile of the six-hour drive to Atlanta, when the four of us were desperate to think about anything except Xanadu in the rearview mirror, Sandra asked “So how do condoms work in your country?”
Staring at the tag on the back of Teresa’s rental in front of us, she was referring to automobile license plates. My ears must’ve heard “car registration,” which is how I avoided a…
ContinueAdded by Mike Handley on July 26, 2011 at 7:02pm — 15 Comments
What I Did on Summer Vacation
Numerous coworkers have asked if I enjoyed my rare vacation, their eyes hungry for Tweetsie Railroad tee shirts or cast-resin figurines of bears hugging pine cones.
“It was nice,” I tell them.
I suppose I could say that I laughed, wept, spoke a little to a lot and a lot to too few. I could mention that I gorged on words like a bat…
ContinueAdded by Mike Handley on July 18, 2011 at 9:12pm — 14 Comments
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