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The intellectual mistake I most frequently make …

02.08.2012 by David Murray // 3 Comments

… is laughing at the naiveté, or lauding the nobility, of past generations of people who I know damn well were built just the same way I am.

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They should call ’em marital arts

12.20.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

At the bottom of each side of every marital argument is the vexing question, "How could you have been married to me for this long and still be so fucking dumb?"

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The Quotable Murr

12.06.2011 by David Murray // Leave a Comment

Ron Santo didn't cook up a lot of food for thought in his life. But the gritty third-baseman's posthumous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame has me thinking:

Your parents told you you could do anything that you set your mind to. One of the details they left out is how unbelievably long it's probably going to take.

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