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Essays from \"Boundaries? What Boundaries?\" collection that explores business, politics, stoicism, and girl-dadding in the blurry lines between the most interesting man in the world...and forrest gump.

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Not one, but two stories that clear up any confusion about which child was my father's favorite.

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Not one, but two stories that clear up any confusion about which child was my father's favorite.