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The Goalie

The Goalie

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My entire ten years of life on earth was spent keeping people from fighting with one another. “Not in front of the kid” were the famous words I heard. Grandma told me one time that I was an angel sent by God to help heal the family. None of my uncles nor my grandfather liked it much when my grandmother talked like that.more

Merry Xmas, OK?

Merry Xmas, OK?

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This year Chappy resolved to show his daughter what Christmas was all about. They’d do it together, like a real goddamn family.more

To Need Me and Not Know

To Need Me and Not Know

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I’m staring at a door. It’s Mike and me, and the two of us are sitting in his crappy little car staring at the door of a crappy little house in Nordeast Minneapolis on the coldest night of the year. We’re staring at this particular door because inside is a guy named Neil Batteau. Wemore