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Life In 100 Words

Rudy Fernandez

Stories by Rudy Fernandez. Illustrations by Steve Speteris. I'll post one a week. Some of these stories happened, some I embellished, some I made up completely. All are true.

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Reverse Robbery

We’ve accumulated so much stuff, our cars barely fit in the garage. So it was reassuring when I house-sat for friends and discovered their basement filled with junk.

I figured a little more wouldn’t hurt.

I started with an old rug the tra...

5 days ago
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Blue Lagoon Boys

One Saturday, five street urchins “borrowed” a small boat on Blue Lagoon near Miami’s airport.

It was built for two and capsized.

We swam to shore thinking, “Alligator! Alligator! Alligator!” with every panicked stroke.

Near some hyacint...

12 days ago
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Expectations

I stuck a “Student Driver” magnet on the back of my brother-in-law’s eighteen-wheeler, thinking he’d laugh and take it off. But it was still there when he returned a week later from a trip.

I started to remove my failed joke, but he stoppe...

19 days ago
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A New York Moment

I visited my friend on Long Island in January.

We took the train into Manhattan and stayed out later than two married guys should.

When we got back to the station, it was 3 AM and 7 degrees. The car doors were frozen shut.

“I c-can’t f-f...

a month ago
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Conversation Piece

We went to a client’s house for dinner, and it was as stiff and awkward as you’d expect.

“This pot roast is delicious.”

“It’s beef bourguignon.”

“Oh. Sure has rained a lot lately.”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

Until I said, “I love your house. Whe...

a month ago
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