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Maybe he’s just sleeping

September 23, 2010 20 Comments

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Maybe he's just sleeping'

my wife takes the kids to a fair this past Saturday while I’m home pretending I know how to do home-improvement projects (and I should probably end this story right now, because…

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Keep on truckin’

September 21, 2010 12 Comments

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Keep on truckin'

Now, here’s the thing: I am arrogant enough to consider myself a more capable person than 90 percent of the general population. A military background and an overly healthy ego will do that to you. And, be that as it may, I was…

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Be there or be square

July 1, 2010 15 Comments

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Be there or be square

And in my latest installment of “You know you have ADD when…,” I present you with…

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People are actually calling me “Coach.” This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing ever.

May 27, 2010 29 Comments

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People are actually calling me 'Coach.' This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing ever.

See that piece of paper? That’s the …

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No, really: This job-search thing is like shooting fish in a barrel

May 13, 2010 21 Comments

Pretty sure the fish in the metaphor are presumed to be swimming, but, still … live fish, dead fish … put ’em in a barrel and they’d be easy to shoot is the point, amirite?

OK, seriously: What’s with all the hubbub about high unemployment rates in this country? Because I’m still two business days away from my lay-off, and already the job offers are coming at me faster than I can keep up with them. You jobless whiners out there must be a bunch of losers; this job-search shit is even easier than kicking my kids’ asses at Candyland.

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Man, this finding-a-new-job thing is going to be easier than I thought

May 12, 2010 32 Comments

Turns out I have a bright future ahead of me ... in a field about which I know nothing
Turns out I have a bright future ahead of me … in a field about which I know nothing

Since learning last week that I’ve been laid off from my job of the past 10 years, I’ve been feeling a bit anxious and unsettled. So imagine my relief when, this morning, just a few short days after uploading to CareerBuilder.com a copy of my résumé, I received the following email:

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I call this one ‘Big lump of something on a beach, which I shot for no apparent reason’

May 10, 2010 7 Comments

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I call this one 'Big lump of something on a beach, which I shot for no apparent reason'

I was going to make up a story about how we saw…

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Happy Cinco de Me-Oh My-Oh

May 5, 2010 3 Comments

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Happy Cinco de Me Oh Mayo

My idea of the perfect vacation is depicted in every…

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I was born in 1970, raised just outside of Boston, and now live near Philadelphia. As a child, I thought I was going to be…
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