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January 2005


True Romance

January 30th, 2005
By Mike Lee
"To go through that and remain loyal… it's very easy to be enraptured with words. But to remain loyal when it's easier, even excusable, not to - that's a test of oneself. That's a true romance."
- C. Worley

Romance is different for a guy than it is for a girl. Romance for a girl is what we all mean when we say the word. It's passion, it's love, it's little boxes of chocolate and flowers and poems about knights on white horses.

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Dodgeball: A Truly True Underdog Story

January 23rd, 2005
By Mike Lee

When I was in fourth grade, dodgeball was a scary game. I was a scrawny kid with glasses, a geek who made a delectable target because you'd get a satisfying thump followed by a comical backwards tumble if you hit me ("You're going down like a sweet muffin!").

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Eating Chinese Food with My Parents

January 16th, 2005
By Mike Lee

Chinese parents have stomachs of iron. Literally; their stomach lining is cold hard metal. Rivets line their intestines. There is very little they cannot digest; I kid you not. Want me to prove it?

Well, pull up a chair and let me tell you a story. 'Tis a true story, a story from my youth.

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Potty Humor: A Comedy

January 9th, 2005
By Mike Lee
Setting:
Our hero is at his girlfriend's one-bedroom apartment. They just returned from a large dinner that isn't sitting well with his digestive system. When his girlfriend starts sifting through some mail, he takes the opportunity to use the restroom for a number two.

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