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Party line

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Mike PontilloJuly 25, 2018

The house I grew up in was a two-flat, three if you count the basement. I lived on the main floor with my parents and my younger sister Michele, and my grandmother lived on the upper floor. Technically, it was … Continue reading →

Tagged family, nostalgia, technology

Making adjustments

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Mike PontilloMay 27, 2011

I have been absent from this space for some months now and I apologize for that. I have an excuse: I am a newlywed. I can only use that excuse for another four months, so I shall make the most … Continue reading →

Tagged family, holidays, marriage, Shari

Sugar, Sugar

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Mike PontilloFebruary 19, 2022

Some years ago, I was diagnosed with adult-onset diabetes. It’s one of the trendy diseases, increasing in popularity every year as our crappy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle catch up with us. It’s also a family legacy, one of the … Continue reading →

Tagged aging, dieting, family, fitness, health, McRib

Sounds of the Whale

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Mike PontilloFebruary 19, 2022

I used to enjoy going to the symphony. But I don’t go anymore. My mother and I are afraid to show our faces, because we managed to cause a scene at a performance of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra at Governors … Continue reading →

Tagged family, flatulence, humor

It’s mah birfday

Posted on May 1, 2006 by Mike PontilloFebruary 19, 2022

Today is my 42nd birthday, and there’s a place that I’d like very much to celebrate it, but I am unable to do so. I have written in this space before about my little sister Nicole, the Irish dancer, who … Continue reading →

Tagged family, humor, Nicole

A lesson on Cookie Day

Posted on December 5, 1999 by Mike PontilloMay 27, 2011

Today is Cookie Day. Each year, in the weeks before Christmas, my wife invites her niece over to bake and decorate sugar cookies and construct a gingerbread house. It’s one of our traditions. Holidays are meant for this sort of … Continue reading →

Tagged family, holidays, morality, Ryanne
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