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Autobiography

My First Trip to Italy in 1997: Passegiata

Marc Edward DiPaolo

As students taking a course in Medieval Italian City-States through SUNY Geneseo, my roommate Colin and I took a trip to Italy, and I was promptly separated from my tour group...

The Leprechauns in the Record Player

Marc Edward DiPaolo

This story may not technically be true, but let's pretend it is.

Marc and Cathy Go to Grad School

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Mom was the first person in her family to go to college, and was almost the first to get a doctorate, if not for an evil administrator. But I was lucky enough to cross the...

Griffin and the Night Visitor

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Undergrads often put up with annoying roommates, but Griffin had the strangest bedfellow of all: a ghost.

The Man With Two Girlfriends

Marc Edward DiPaolo

My friend Colin was in a pickle. He had two girlfriends, didn't want to choose between them, and didn't want to get caught. What was he to do?

Water Cooler Conversations About Baptism

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Going to public school was great ... until my fellow high school students found out I was a religious Catholic. Suddenly, they were worried I was a right-wing, religious fanatic....

How To Lose Weight and Remain Italian?

Marc Edward DiPaolo

Marc's Lenten Promise: Since I am overweight, and unwilling to give up bread and pasta, I find myself stuck. How do I lose weight and remain Italian? Step one: give up candy...

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