Category Archives: burglary

Being Irish

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

For my 8th grade graduation, my mother promised me a claddagh ring because, as she put it, it was the only way anyone would know I had any Irish ancestry. My fair mother suffered 8 long years with her only … Continue reading →

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Stuffed with grace

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

What part of speech is “religious”? If you answered “adjective” you’re right, except, of course, when religious is a noun. Now remember: a religious is religious, but you can be religious without being a religious. Teaching is difficult for countless … Continue reading →

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Socks for Christmas

Posted on December 19, 2010 by

The Christmas after my apartment was burgled, my brother seized the opportunity to replace some of the items that had been taken. He didn’t buy me a new camera, or a new rosary ring, but hit up his college bookstore … Continue reading →

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Try, try again

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

My immediate family has never had a birthday present ritual. If someone sees something they like want to give someone, they buy it, and maybe give it to them on their birthday, or maybe give it to them whenever, or … Continue reading →

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A necklace

Posted on September 18, 2009 by

The morning of the day my apartment was broken into I decided on a whim to take off the gold cross I had worn nearly every day since I was twelve and to put on a silly star-shaped necklace instead. … Continue reading →

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The Can Lady Consortium

Posted on August 13, 2009 by

Any BC alum who was paying attention (or who ever set foot in the mods) is well aware of the Can Lady, who trudged around campus on Saturday and Sunday mornings retrieving our empties from bushes and sidewalks. Even the … Continue reading →

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Little Luxuries

Posted on December 2, 2008 by

I was dreaming out loud about a particular appliance that I would purchase if I lived a more extravagant lifestyle, and my mother decided she would buy it for me for my birthday. So on Saturday, after church, we went … Continue reading →

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Gifts

Posted on November 18, 2008 by

In case any of you worry that I don’t have anyone looking out for me in Boston, you should know that last night my landlady knocked on my door around 6pm holding two boxes. She told me she had gone … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 17, 2008 by

Today I went to the pawn unit to see if there were any records of the stolen items being sold or pawned. Since it has been almost 30 days since the burglary I had a bit of a time crunch … Continue reading →

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Sock it to me!

Posted on October 3, 2008 by

I promise that soon this blog will stop being all woe-is-me-I-got-burgled and start being about all the different ways I make a mess of my life, like usual. This post falls somewhere in between, because it’s really not the burglar’s … Continue reading →

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