1. No pretense.  She ate a full meal when we had our first date.  She was hungry – so she ate.  None of this eating a pre-date meal so

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I have a theory about men: Men are empire builders.

I’m not talking about Nero, Constatine, or Caesar (though he created a great salad).  Empire building on a worldwide scale kind of went out of favor in the 19th century… …

Mom was cleaning out an old trunk of hers and found all sorts of photographic treasures she has mailed to me for me to scan and clean up.  Here is the first in a series of very LONG nights I’m …