As a young family that recently migrated to the area, we appreciated the attention from another couple around our own age. You and your wife introduced yourselves at our neighborhood grocer’s, and it seemed natural enough—albeit a bit forward for total strangers. We exchanged pleasantries, agreed to get together over dinner sometime…
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The curtains on the sliding back door were wide open as I pranced around in my skivvies fresh out of the shower. I was listening to the radio, singing along and trying to pick out what pants to wear ignorantly blissful that I had an audience. That is, until I spun around…
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I’ve been saving for a few years now, researching for over six months. I know exactly what kind of car I want. Also, I’m a damn-near middle-age man, despite people telling me I don’t look a day over 25. Oh, and it’s 2019! Why are we still haggling like we’re in a…
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Well, there goes that. A great dinner with friends and family ended with you pointing your damned gun at my face and demanding money. A little advice for you, dude, since you are obviously a trainee. You might consider a target where there are far fewer witnesses and cameras. Some sort of…
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It was getting late in the evening and the sun was slowly disappearing into the night as I pulled up to your gate. I buzzed you from the call box and you said you had been expecting me. You showed me around and requested I add more lights to a big tree…
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I was in my car stopped at the red light on San Antonio Road waiting to cross El Camino to go into Los Altos. You were a young lady looking at her phone with your little dog on a leash waiting on the curb to cross El Camino. Then your little dog…
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I saw you. Both of you. Standing outside your SUVs, by the exit onto the freeway. The homeless camp had been sprawling onto the sidewalk, and then the bike lane, and eventually onto the road where it was now blocking an entire lane of traffic. There were many things you could have…
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I couldn’t ignore it any longer. The low-tire-pressure light was haunting me. To pay attention with a light drizzle coming down, I had to stop. I drove to the gas station and there you were, hood up, putting water in your muscle car while it was spewing steam. I patiently waited until…
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I met Santa just before Christmas at the Dollar Tree in San Tomas Plaza on West Campbell Avenue. He’s tall, has a beard and wears a Boston cap and Pats/Brady jersey. I was behind him in line. This wonderful person paid it forward by paying for my (over $60!) purchase. I felt…
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I know you’re my boss, but how do I avoid talking to you? I’m working away in my cubicle, and not just because I heard your footsteps a few moments ago, but because that’s what I was hired to do. I need to get all my assignments done and meet deadlines so…
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