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It's getting harder and harder to maintain my reputation as a jerkwad shithead asshole.  I mean, I've done so much to cultivate the image.  Why must all my effort be sabotaged?

I'll admit it doesn't help when I get all goo-goo over kitties and cop to getting weepy watching anime.  That deflates the douchebag facade a bit.  But this week I assisted ( Read more... )

Sunday was fantastic.  Luka's birthday has become my favorite day of the year, and Sunday we celebrated by driving down to the Mall of America to gawk, shop and act like fools.  It's about three hours down to get there, three back, but the company makes the trip fun.  We did lotsa silliness, but I just thought I'd share one episode in particular.

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I have to confess something.  I have a very mild form of dyslexia.  Not anything drastic enough to count as a legitimate disability, mind you, so I have no excuse for spelling mistakes.  But I am just dyslexic enough to think the vending machines are judging me.

On my way out of the grocery store, I shove three quarters into the spankin' new Dr. ( Read more... )

Super Bowl Sunday, for me, is any Sunday where I get a pint of Oreo ice cream to myself.  I'm not a football guy, but congrats to everyone who is on thier holiday.


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My parents have made three visits out to see me since I left Oregon, and each time they hauled along a bag full of stuff I left behind.  Every time, it's a pretty mixed bag.  There's always a few books I've been wanting back, a few forgotten treasures I'm glad to have again, and a whole lot of stuff I should have thrown away 20 years ago.

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I'm eating Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp cereal with chocolate milk.  I am a god.

This has been a weekend of recovery for both Luka and myself.  Luka!?!  Yeah, being the loving husband that I am, I must share everything with her, and that of course includes "lay your ass out dead" colds.  So, I've spent most of the time either on the couch or here at the computer, wasting precious time in the most glorious orgy of indulgence.

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