On Oprah in one, two, three…

"How do you channel surf with the mujahideen? I asked
myself that question as I flipped from one show to another, trying to
act casual. Politics was out. News was out. Anything that might show
even a flash of skin was out.

Finally, I found Channel 1 from Dubai, and Oprah was on. OK, good, Oprah, I thought. No [...]

Hey honey, have some halwa.

An aunt was visiting.  She called me honey. She always called us honey even when we were kids visiting her home in the Midwest, "us" meaning her nieces and nephews.  She’s probably the only one.  Maybe it’s because she’s a pediatrician.  Though she does call her kids that too.   This is not logic, just memory.  [...]

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"If you’re not enjoying it, and it’s not providing other notable benfits to your life, give it up."