B-Rant

B-Rant

- Contributed by J.Burt on: 05/15/2008

Why I Dread Pick-Up Time at School

By Jacqueline Burt

I dread pick-up time at my daughter Charlotte's Catholic elementary school. You'd think I would have it down by now. I grew up in this town, attended a school much like this one, spent the bulk of my formative years wearing the same scratchy maroon plaid jumper that Charlotte grudgingly dons every morning. But I didn't fit in then, and I don't today.

Then, I was one of the only kids at my school with a single mom; now, I'm one of the only single moms at ...read more

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Throwing Away Money At The Mall...Literally

Kid: How come there's coins in the fountain?
Mom:
People throw them in.
Kid:
That's stupid.
Mom:
It's tradition...something people have done before.
Kid:
What if it was stupid before?
Mom:
It's not...
Kid:
Can I throw coins in?
Mom:
No.
Kid:
Why?
Mom:
(pauses) It's stupid. (mom smiles)   ...read more

-- Overheard in: Fountain S.Hills Mall, NJ --

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B-Tales Episode 12

- added on: 05/05/2008

An Election, A Porta Potty & Scandals Of Hillary

Rick was having a hard time remembering how he'd gotten here. Sitting on one side of a square table, across from him the current Mayor, camera lights glaring, engaged in a debate in the Mayoral contest of this town he still planned to move from in a few weeks.

When the primary election returns were counted and it was reported that Rick had won the Democratic nomination handily, Rick had thought it was a joke. He hadn't run, of course, and earlier had told some apparently lunatic local party "elders" that he'd rather eat desiccated mulch than run for this or any other ...read more

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