In an unusual set of circumstances, I found myself both off from work and without my boys, on a Saturday and with absolutely no plans. Becoming bored by the afternoon, with no distractions, nothing worth watching on TV, and a desire to make a meal that didn't include hot dogs, I decided to invite Joe over for dinner.
     I met Joe a few months earlier after I started working at Jolly's Donuts.  The restaurant was so new it barely had a functional kitchen, and Joe had been called in to install the industrial refrigeration system to replace the small home refrigerator we had been using as one of the upgrades the place needed to function. 
     Over the course of several weeks, we went from strangers to friends. It wasn't romanti...

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