Tagged: Family (813)

Twister 2912

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

He wants to be smart enough to be interviewed by Charlie Rose. Or respected like Max Von Sydow. But mother is demanding. She loves oatmeal.

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Twister 3063

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The birds will not leave our tree. I have to wear a raincoat just to pick up the mail. My kids are frightened. Of birds. Nature’s a stinker.

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Twister 3271

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

When I was a kid I used to run into the kitchen and yell “I ate a banana!” and my mother would look melancholy and only now I understand why

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Twister 3424

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

Her brother came over and she eyed him wearily. He said, I don’t know how you explain Kiss without getting into kabuki. And she punched him.

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Twister 3569

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

She didn’t call him Meatballs, but Meatloaf, a point she made in front of their kids. Love is pain, he’d say. Before biting into her calzone

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Twister 48

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

They want to learn another language so no one can understand them. They’re too lazy and choose marriage. But that doesn’t work out too well.

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Twister 454

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The dishwasher is loud. You can hear it in the backyard even. Meaning no one can hear him scream. When he suddenly realizes what he’s become

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Twister 225

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The venom was mild and only resulted in numbness. Was it a scorpion? the doctor asked me. No, I said. It was my mother’s baklava. Be afraid.

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Twister 308

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

There was a bit of astronomy to his delusion. He spoke of flying and his Jovian home. He upset his mother deeply. His father could care less

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Twister 409

By Arjun Basu | Published: March 5, 2011

The kids downed shots of electric jello. A DJ commandeered the dining room. And then video cameras came out and parents took note soon after

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