Don’t sock’em

“Who’s going to like a guy who’s just being funny and doesn’t even want to wear socks?”
– Son, a week before Christmas, 2009

Your mother, Son, your mother. And I’m not talking about your mother as your mother, if you know what I mean. If you don’t, let me explain. Your mother, my wife, the smiling little chickity that takes care of business in and around the house, once fell in love with a guy who was just being funny, and never, ever, wore socks in his shoes.

(He did wear shoes).

Yes, that would be me.

Man, they wore strange socks back in the 1970s.

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The Best of the Decade: Two

Almost there. Aaaaalmost there. Tomorrow, at 6:00 CET, I will unveil the Best Story of the Decade here at ristopakarinen.com. But now, without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, the runners-up.

Oh, oh, one more thing: remember, these are the stories that will assume the duties of Best Story of the Decade if the titleholders for some reason cannot fulfill their responsibilities.

Number Two.

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