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• Make No Mistake: To Forgive Is To Forget

  September 17, 2009

  • It’s been written that to forgive is human, to forget divine. Three words — “I forgive you.” Perhaps as easily said as three others: “I love you.” Yet if true love comes only later, when the butterflies stop flitting about, when we realize we like the other person, that we want to be with them (not just need to be with them), when the masks come off and we can gaze at them without ...
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• Graves Duty

  August 12, 2009

  • “I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they’re gone from your life.” — Maya AngelouI visit my dad twice a year. On this particular early May morning the sky is cloudless, the air crisp; the grass is bejeweled with dew. Leaning against the side of my truck, I clip the end of an Onyx Vintage ‘97 and light it, taking a long, ...
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• Sexism in the Cigar Industry

  January 18, 2009

  • Like it or not, sexism is alive and well in the 21st century. If you don't believe me, just consider the movies Hollywood turned out this year: Superbad, Knocked Up, and The Heartbreak Kid, just to name three. I haven't seen any of these — nor do I intend to — but I saw enough trailers to know that women's body parts in all three are the basis for the risqué humor that brought in over $300 ...
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