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Category Archives: Finishing
Always Seeing Red
I’ve owned two Volkswagen Karmann Ghias. The first one was a 1970 with chunky taillights, a good deal of Bondo, rotting rubber, a faded paint job and an incredible dual-port engine. My second Karmann Ghia (the one I have now) … Continue reading
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Gluebeard
In high school I played racquetball every day — sometimes for four or five hours a at a time. But the funny thing was, no matter how much I played, I never got any better unless I was matched against … Continue reading
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