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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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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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Belly up

January 11, 2010 10 Comments

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Belly up

I love me a nice bar … and this one here…

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Well, at least it’s not a dog

December 17, 2009 12 Comments

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Well, at least it's not a dog?

Today, Zan completed a rather long and arduous task that we had asked him to complete, and, as it turns out, we told him he could have as his reward a…

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

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

Hell hath no fury like white-male privilege threatened

Gene Simmons on stage

Dear Gene Simmons of KISS, a.k.a. My Childhood Hero: I think there’s been a terrible misunderstanding. Either that, or you’re an overly sensitive dick.

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

Zombie Dinner Party … with your chef, Dr. Hannibal Lector

Is it November yet?

Daddy Vader

If not for The Force, Darth Vader would have totally gotten his ass kicked, because that suit? Not very practical.

An Open Letter of Apology to President Barack Obama

There must be a reckoning

Van Halen (or, The Band That Ate My Life)

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Jon Zal @ The Massachusetts State House, Boston

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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