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If shuffleboard and billiards had a love child.
Every few years, I become obsessed with a different sport. In 2006, thanks to the World Cup, it was soccer. During the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, I discovered snowboard cross. At the Jefferson County Fair two years ago, I came down with a bad case of tractor pulling envy. In 2026, my newest sports…
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Angry birds, sappy texts.
I got a new phone last week. Had the previous one for almost four years, which is a record. Stupid throwaway culture of ours! Phones are an investment that oughta last a good 10 years if you ask me (but nobody did, so I guess I’m just pissin’ in the wind here). Unlike last time,…
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I’ll take “Spoilers” for $800, Ken.
Not long ago, I mentioned that we’re currently binging Six Feet Under. We’re 43 episodes in with 20 left to go. Totally enjoying it, by the way. This is a very different version of Michael C. Hall than I am used to, but he still chats up his dead father, so there are some parallels…
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A hiss-story lesson.
After our beloved Sydney went to The Great Scratching Post in the Sky, we decided when we were ready for a cat again, we’d double down and get two. We’d tried adding a kitten to the mix once, but as much as Sydney loved humans and dogs, cats were another story. At best, they tolerated…
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A day at the moo-seum.
When CheeseGov consolidated office space last year, they ended up with a lot of empty cubicles. Rather than let all that excess space go to waste, they turned a bunch of formerly occupied work stations into communal lounge areas. Great idea! In theory, anyway. While I applaud their effort at creating designated places in which…
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Where mercy should have stood.
I was driving home from work one day last week and felt like a mint, so I opened the glove compartment and gasped in horror. If there was a package of Mentos® in there, it was buried beneath five years’ worth of crap. I suppose that’s how it is with glove compartments, huh? They become…
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