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The furry Fourth of July kitchen bomb

November 2, 2013 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: By Wes Platt I had the baby in his car seat clutched in my left hand as I worked the key in the door of our house while fireworks popped and crackled in the night sky over Watts-Hillandale. I could hear our dog, Huck, barking upstairs. “Probably locked himself…

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The house of (few) secrets

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This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: By Wes Platt I’m sociable when I have to be. But, by and large, I wouldn’t call myself a terribly social person. In fact, I confess, I’m just this side of a hermit. My wife Catherine, on the other hand, thrives on opportunities to socialize. She’s the gregarious one….

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When life hands you a Fastpass

November 2, 2013 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The Herald-Sun in 2013: By Wes Platt Janis Joplin wailed from Catherine’s pocket as Sam Eagle explained that he would perform a salute to all nations “but mostly America.” It was Sunday afternoon, Memorial Day weekend, and we were in the middle of the theater at Disney’s Hollywood Studios for Muppetvision 3D when…

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Move over, Will Smith: we’ll crush those aliens

November 2, 2013 Brody No Comments

This column appeared in The St. Petersburg Times on July 13, 1997: By Wes Platt The Sol III Pathfinder, wrapped inside a giant ball of string, slams into the U-Save parking lot at 55 mph, bouncing over stunned pedestrians pushing grocery carts toward their cars, toppling the golden arches of the McDonald’s, and finally coming to rest…

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