Beauty is Imperfection

(Originally posted Tuesday, December 18, 2007)

–*The Iraq War

–*Immigration

–*Where’d that baby come from?

–*Aunt Rhody’s drinking problem

–*Uncle Cyrus’ smack habit

–*The visitor from the State School at the end of the table. Who in the hell is he?

–*What did you do with the money, Dad?

–*Again, we won’t discuss grandma’s long ago affair with famed literary critic Edmund “Bunny” Wilson after WWII.

–*Or Great Uncle Saul’s shameful encounter with Montgomery Clift, who wasn’t looking too good at the time

–*How you forgot to buy me a present last year.

–*How you remembered to buy one, but it was “Tuesdays With Morrie” and it was the second god damned year in a row.

–*The polyps in Aunt Sally’s wackadoo. Though you know she’s going to talk about it anyway.