Pater Familias Domesticus

There is a movie I have been struggling to watch for a while now, 15:17 to Paris. It’s about a trio of young American Servicemen who, despite being off the clock, run straight into danger and subdue an attempted terrorist attack. Unfortunately it is looking like one of those “cursed movies” for me. Cursed in that I do not think I will ever see this movie from beginning to end. Either I fall asleep (not from the movie but rather…

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The Dad parted the blinds and looked down from his second story bedroom, “It must have snowed again overnight.” He thought, frowning, “More shoveling.” He allowed the blind to drop back into place, but it didn’t drop enough. There was a sliver of sunlight still shooting into the room. His wife grumbled, rolled over and pulled the bedsheets up tighter. She was not feeling well that day. It was January first and despite having only one glass of wine at…

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