Burbia Blogs
The home for writers with loud, amusing, engaging, provocative - totally original - voices, riffing on all things 'Burbia'. No limits on creativity or expression here. Just great writers teeing up great stuff every week.
I'd forgotten what a sport parking is in Rome. In New York, there are people who map out all the spots in their neighborhood and know exactly what time is perfect to go claim that spot. Others will drive around for half an hour or more looking for on-street parking just for the principle of not paying for a garage. Wusses. No one in Rome would be caught dead paying that much ...read more.
Not long ago, I was run down by a stroller. It wasn't one of the heavy, double-barreled varieties, or one of the off-road jogging tricycles you see around town. It wasn't one of the deep carriages for triplets-on-the-go, or a Swedish four-wheel-drive with matching hubcaps and handles ...read more.
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Wise Wisdom...
For a decision to be 'real' it requires more than just words; it requires 2 shots of Tequila, maybe 3.
-THELifeCoach
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The people in my suburban town are not the brightest tools on the pegboard. So I've decided to run for mayor. It's a thankless job. Endless meetings, always at night, always on a Thursday or a Monday when I'd much rather be home pelting my neighbor's dog with rocks, or booby-trapping the parking
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I remember when we first moved to suburbia and my kids were really young. On those rare occasions that we were out after dark and were driving by the town's main playing field -- fondly known as the Rec Field -- we would invariably see teenage boys practicing some sport. I remember looking down my nose from my perch high up in my minivan (it was my first car in suburbia -- what did I know?) and I would think ...read more.
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