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robin's avatar

I would be honored and delighted to not-drink with you any time and place we are in the same place at the same time.

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

So many good mocktails…I’m in!

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Sarah Buttenwieser's avatar

This was fantastic. I'm glad you sat on it until it felt right. And the footnotes were winning (they always are).

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

Thanks!

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Katschu's avatar

Such a brilliant piece. I'm glad you finally wrote it and cleave is exactly the right word! And I didn't know about contronyms!

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

Thanks!

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Kristi Webb's avatar

The footnotes are always my favorites, thank god your dad came to his senses about the Red Sox (whom even my grandma cheered for), and I totally got the Cooper Flagg paragraph because Duke.

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

Of course! The Globe has been obsessed with him since he was 14…Great White Hope and all…

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Libby's avatar

The footnotes are the best part! And I love the explanatory power of the contronym. It's exactly right. (Also, I had to read the whole thing on LITs before coming back to comment, and it was delightful.)

Apparently I am doing your drinking for you these days--and then some. Drinking in Spain is very fun.

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

I do get jealous…

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Morgan Baker's avatar

Bummer about the stomach and drinking. We are a non drinking family at the moment.

I absolutely love this post. Thank you for writing. I did not read all the foot notes. I never read footnotes- except

About stomachs and drinking.

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

The footnotes are the best parts!

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Amy E.'s avatar

So good, Becca. Both the analysis of the complications of being a Jew today and how to save money with a LI Iced Tea.

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Rebecca Steinitz's avatar

Thank you, you are absolutely one of the people I’m writing for here (along with everyone…)

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