Brian Dickens Barrabee

United States

Journalist at Medium

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What’s That Mean?

4 days ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

My father owned a summer day camp. Every year I was expected to be a camper. After all, if Bob Barrabee’s own son didn’t go to his own father’s camp, then there must be something wrong with the camp. Makes sense to me now but back then as a kid, it didn’t. When I was 12, I graduated to become a junior counselor and at 15, I became a full fledged counselor. I was playing three sports in high school and although no phys ed instructor I know more than the campers.
The Magic 8 Ball, Answers the Hard Questions

1 week ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Fair and honestlyIf you’ve owned the Magic 8 Ball at any time in your life — please raise your hand and get choked up with nostalgia. Developed as a reusable fortune cookie for children in the 1940’s. It eventually caught on with some of my immature adults friends who were able to temporarily suspend reality for a short time. Usually after having a few adult drinks at Marvin’s house. Marvin was a tremendously successful insurance broker, now retired.
Flirtatious and 30 Years Older Than Me

1 week ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

I desperately wanted to mix business with pleasure but she was decades olderI didn’t expect to run the real estate agency. I’d just passed the test to be licensed as an agent. I was the youngest guy on the “floor”. The name we called the open room where we all sat in front of our computer screens with a description and pictures showing each address of propeerties for sale.
Erectile Dysfunction Would Steal My Grandchildren

1 week ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

He laughed and dismissed my concernAny of you folks who have raised children know that it’s not uncommon for them to be finicky eaters. Many years ago when my wife and I had three youngins we were continually searching for the magic combination of taste and nurichment and taste that would unlock the mouths of our kids age 12, 11, and 8. Two boys and a girl. One day quite by accident we stumbled on what we thought might be the magic elixir. Meatballs — of all things.
I Loved Her Ass, But….Butt….

1 week ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

She may have gone too far. I always admired my girl friend’s curves. Both she and I did our best to stay in shape by going to the gym together and observing the proper diet, and get a good seven, eight hours of shut-eye. We try to do the healthy things. You folks who have a similar relationship with fitness and a partner know that you’re in the routine together. Mutual support and all that. Shopping at WalmartOne of the weekly pursuits I enjoy doing is the grocery run to Walmart.
The Fart Walk, an Olympic Sport?

2 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

Now it’s out in the open, will it ever join race-walking as a recognized sportIt all started recently when cookbook author and television personality Marilyn Smith (latest book Peace, Love and Fibre — Random House published 2019) posted on Instagram and Tik Toc video using the term ‘fart walk’ to describe her husband and her ritual of taking vigorous power walks after dinner. The video got millions of viewers on social media..
He Had Three Testicles

2 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

And he had to face his teammates in the locker roomLet me establish; there’s nothing more irreverent than a college football locker room. A collection of alpha males who are use to getting their asses kissed since they tore up the Pop Warner league. These young kis were better players than the other kids and soon found out that they were the favored ones. These gifted athletes were congratulated for their superior play by the parents of lesser impact players.
Petco’s New Way to Screw Us

3 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

And may make a ton of money from doing soYour friendly colossus of a pet store in your neighborhood is taking advantage of inflation in general and the huge spike in egg prices specifically to roll out a new product. Petco accompanies this item with a shifty marketing plan to further prey on unsuspecting customers and animals.
I Enjoy Being Bored

3 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

She never once shut her mouth. Jack was my boss when I first broke into the investment field. I respected his business advice. Since he’s been retired I value his wisdom in both professional and personal affairs. He was a concerned tower of strength during my acrimonious second divorce and made himself available whenever I needed emotional support. Strong in his convictions, I listened to him when he occasionally gave me lifestyle suggestions. This was one of those times.
Women Without Vulvas

3 weeks ago | bdb4224.medium.com | Brian Dickens Barrabee

You might not think this memoir will be interesting; but it isI believe I didn’t have an inordinate amount of interest in a female human’s body as a child. Oh, I remember at the age of five or six lying on the floor listening to my grandmother tell me stories when the family summered in Vermont. Grandma always sat in the same old easy chair and me with my vantage point on the rug couldn’t help but sneak a look under her long modest dress. Actually when she was standing it reached her ankles.