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W3ak Pa$sw@rd, My As$!
Not long ago, I read a post from one of my blogging buddies (hi, Ron!) about the frustration of keeping track of passwords in this computerized day and age. His post was hilarious, and easy to relate to. Ron wrote about keeping track of all his passwords in a spiral notebook that is so messy…
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Put a Lid On Your Trash Talkin’
So, my beloved Broncos apparently forgot there was a football game to be played yesterday. Losing sucks, but it’s part of being a diehard fan. You have to take the lows with the highs. It hurts that I waited 15 years to see my team make it back to the Big Show, only to be…
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We’ll Leave the Math to Sir Isaac Newton
The good news: we had a great weekend at the coast. The weather was perfect, we did a whole lot of lounging, ate some delicious seafood, and even spotted whales offshore. The bad news: I gave myself a headache trying to figure out this whole “tides” thing. I’d never really thought about it before. High…
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Searchin’ For My Lost Shaker of Salt
I have a feeling I might take things too literally sometimes. Yesterday, I was heating up a cup of soup for lunch. Reading the directions on the label, I saw this: So what did I do? I reached over and shook the microwave before opening the door. Knowing full well that Campbell’s wanted me to shake the…
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Tuesday Night Fever
My wife had never seen the movie Saturday Night Fever, so a couple of weekends ago, I made the mistake of playing the DVD for her. It wasn’t a mistake because of the quality of the movie; on the contrary, this story of a working-class Italian youth in Brooklyn trying to break free of a dead-end…
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Put the Pedal to the Metal
You know how old people sometimes confuse the gas and brake pedals? That was me, Friday night. Only I don’t think I confused the pedals so much as underestimated their function. I’m still not sure what happened. All I know is, I was backing into the garage, as is customary. There’s a little concrete “lip”…
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