Son, it’s time we talked about sports

July 4, 2011

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“Hey Dad, at the class picnic I was sitting there thinking everyone hated me and Danny came up to me and said I was ‘hard to hate’. Isn’t that a funny thing to say?” The way you said that yesterday, son, totally caught me off guard. You said it as if the “everyone hated you” […]

Thanks for an awesome few days!

June 30, 2011

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Thanks for an awesome few days! I awoke yesterday morning to my usual routine: Alarm goes off and I immediately fumble around on the floor for the iPad to see if anyone’s looked at my post from the evening prior. That pre-coffee, blurry-eyed blog check generally reports a satisfying 10 or 20 views and I’m […]

Just updated My Favorite Tweets page!

June 25, 2011

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Fresh batch of some of my favorite tweets from this last week. There’s stuff about 911 operators, beer, Magic School Bus and even Enron… Go have a look, and if you don’t know how to read a tweet then have a read of this first.

Stupid things I tried so now you don’t have to #4: Serial killer glasses

June 23, 2011

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I was looking through some boxes of old stuff tonight.  It’s pretty hard to go through boxes of old stuff without finding a bazillion things that would fit nicely into a series about stupid things I tried.  In fact, I think the first box I looked at holds enough evidence to provide a lifetime of […]

Why I blog anonymously

June 20, 2011

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Identity withheld to protect the innocent…and the guilty. Trust me, I’m a blogger, I want to be famous.  I want to be “discovered” and have my blog turned into a global best-seller and quit my day job. I want my book to become a sitcom, then a movie, blah, blah, blah. But not at the […]

We interrupt our usual snarky sarcasm for a brief bit of warm-fuzziness

June 19, 2011

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What can I say? It’s Fathers Day and here’s what I got this morning: