" That came out sounding funny to me."Wow, no wonder you've got such pretty girlfriends; with a smooth line like that!" Sorry, Deb — it wasn't meant...to sound like a line. I've never seen you in a bikini before, at least not one that small?" So, what do you think of it, anyway?" she said, sauntering up to me, then turning around slowly, modeling it."It's pretty, and it makes you look beautiful." So, you're saying that unless I'm in a bikini, I'm not beautiful?" No, that's not what I said. I. We did pretty good for a bunch of dumb kids.”“Sir, put all your metal objects and your phone in the tray,” a white-shirted TSA officer said as he stood by the metal detector.Damien made it through security unmolested and gathered up his belongings. He strode through the airport and navigated to his gate. He sat down on a plastic chair and checked the clock. He had forty minutes before his flight. He texted his wife for a few minutes, but then she had to catch her flight.He allowed his eyes to. Recently, I became a grandfather – that boy means more than the world to me. And yeah, I’m a Black man.I guess you’re wondering the reason why I’m sharing so openly with you about my life. That’s an easy question to answer. I’ve been going to couples’ counseling lately and one of my assignments was to write a letter about myself to myself. Yeah, I thought it was weird too. But, I’m interested in making this relationship work so I’m doing it. Let me go ahead and get to the point of this whole. Things went smoothly for a couple months, nothing out of the ordinary happening. Then that cat came in. I’ll admit that it wasn’t everyday that a cat came into the casino. In fact in my entire working career I had never seen a cat come into the place I worked at. The cat came to my table leapt up to sit on the stool, threw down a couple hundred dollars worth of chips and that’s how we met. I guess that’s how all relationships start if you think about it. You throw your chips on the table, and.