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Our mothers are our first and most important female role models. In those early years, they are the center of our universes. We think they know everything. A few years later, the eye-rolling starts and before long, we're bound and determined to do the exact opposite of anything our mothers tell us we should do. Here is the one thing you should know about my mom - she had perfect attendance in high school, a fact she never failed to throw in our faces. "MOM! I think I have that flesh-eatin ...

Just call me Grandpa Groovy. I'm undergoing a new stage in life. Cutting my second set of false teeth. A recurrence of midlife mischief. As expected and dreaded, my face has indeed acquired considerably more character lines than when I cut my first set of choppers (and temporarily possessed a red Ferrari). This time, as fate would have it, one scary surprise has devolved: the hair on my arms, legs and chest have vanished. Without waxing. But one ace in the hole has lain under my cap for y ...