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How to do Facebook wrong. A very pleasant walkway Very sad picture Girl quits her job on dry erase boards – fantastic HOPA resignation. It turned out to be a hoax, and you’ve probably seen it by now, but it’s … Continue reading

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Bad Social

Yes another high school classmate of mine has a novel out (there are at least 4 other published authors from my class). I went to the web to figure out what it was. I found his website. And couldn’t log … Continue reading

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Poker Update: Bad Reading

My biggest flaw in poker is my inability to read people. I’m not an expert with the math and game theory, but I am more than strong enough for the level I play at. I’ve never been that kind of … Continue reading

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Muttrox goes to court

Why was in court? Because I failed to pull over for emergency vehicles. This was a law no one had told me about. Everyone knows you should pull over for emergency vehicles. But most people don’t know that you need … Continue reading

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Poker Question

Last night I knocked out a player who was so stunned at how it went down he couldn’t talk for ten minutes. And if I had been in his shoes I would have felt the same way. But from where … Continue reading

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Facebook Wasteland

It’s hard to believe that anyone would go out on a limb like this, for all to see: That ought to create some buzz!

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Dream girlfriend… one day will become a wife 18th century ship found at Ground Zero site Sad stormtrooper That it is a man who just doesn’t care The sequel to World War I was just ridiculous Nice resume, but… I … Continue reading

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Useless Business Introductions

At the kickoff meeting of a new project I witnessed a depressingly common phenomenon. The useless business introduction. Since some of us didn’t know each other, we went around the room introducing ourselves. “Frankie Bellomer, Marketing.” “Jackie Bouillabaisse.” “Alex Alexis, … Continue reading

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New Theme

WordPress’s latest update includes this theme, which the developers seem very proud of it. I’ll try it out for a while.

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The Official Song of the France Trip

It took us a solid week to track it down from the phrase or two we remembered. We could have sworn it was a French woman singing it. Whoops!

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PhD Challenge There’s no ninja like an office ninja Gods feelin’ happy Life before Google He wore just the wrong Eagle shirt My kind of cat Contra vs Tetris Calvin and Jobs “Love is like a water park” Zach Anner … Continue reading

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Balance the Budget

See if you can balance the budget. I got it done by 2020, but I would never get re-elected.

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Celtics Lakers: Game 7 Predictions

The loss of Perkins is big. I put the Celtics chances at 40%. Halftime Update: Okay, maybe 50%! I love a good defensive struggle. And it’s nice that the refs haven’t made any egregious calls.

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Nothing goes out of style in Japan The University of television Ozzy Osbourne scares people at the wax museum Proofreading I’m not going to cry Kobe reacting to Chris Rock Passport rejection A personal letter from Steve Martin Ridiculous overreactions … Continue reading

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Peanuts: Still Sad

It’s been over 10 years, but I still get sad thinking about Peanuts ending. Charles Schulz died on the same day his last strip was published.

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Housing Jerks

Increasing numbers of homeowners figure instead of fighting foreclosure, they should just maximize the time they can live rent free. The average foreclosure takes 438 days to finalize, 14 months of zero rent rent. Screw ‘em all. You signed the … Continue reading

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Laundry Machines are a Great Deal

Both our washer and dryer broke this month. We quickly figured out the new ones we wanted. Because the memorial day sales were coming up, we decided to wait a week. I brought a weeks of laundry to the laundromat. … Continue reading

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Too big to fail Yo-yo trickster genius Ads for porn network (funny, and safe to watch) Bad day Frank Sinatra’s letter to George Michael. (By the way, Listen Without Prejudice is a great album.) Atheist cats, and my faithful sidekick… … Continue reading

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Another Innumerate Sportswriter

Howard Beck get the idiot of the month award for this column. It is about how likely LeBron is to end up on which team. The reasoning is fairly good, but then he makes the mistakes of actually putting in … Continue reading

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Graphs on the internet. I honestly lol’d several times. Every Woman’s magazine How to make Visa obey you. The truth comes out Couch cushion architecture Where’s Homer? Dolls vs Action Figures Running with the Bulls: Never again 14-year old new … Continue reading

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