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On Your Mark, Get Set, Week! 2

Nov

19

2006

Posting will be light this week due to the following whiny excuses reasons: 1. I have to go to the dentist at 7am tomorrow and get a cavity filled. 2. I have to do about a week and a half’s worth of work in three days. Oh, and do so while pulling double-duty on Wednesday. ...

I Am Now Officially An Asshole

Nov

17

2006

This Onion article is hilarious from beginning to end, even more so because I just finally got rid of my Treo and got almost the exact same model of Blackberry mentioned: New Mobile-Device Purchase Makes Asshole More Versatile NEW YORK—The new BlackBerry 8703c has allowed total shithead Robert McClain to assign more work to his ...

It’s Beginning To Melt A Lot Like Christmas

Nov

16

2006

Outside my office is the New York Street set at Fox, and a progression of shows have been turning the street into a winter wonderland for various Christmas episodes. It’s amusing, though it’s very weird that it’s been going on since October. What’s probably the final one was out there shooting today, and I guess ...

Washington In A Nutshell

Nov

14

2006

In this headline.

Only In L.A.

Nov

14

2006

The picture is so beautiful all it needs is a caption: A nude man is apprehended on the 405 freeway around noon today after he was seen running in freeway lanes near Sunset Blvd. This idiot shut down the busiest freeway in Southern California for half an hour, tying up traffic in both directions for ...

Kids: Wise Beyond Their Years

Nov

13

2006

While pursuing Deadspin today, I ran across this video of some of my fellow ‘Skins fans expressing their frustration with the team this year: Sadly for these kids, when I was their age, the ‘Skins won two Super Bowls over the course of four years. I think they’re going to have to wait a while ...

Waiter Quiz

Nov

9

2006

Take this quiz to find out whether you should be a waiter! Or, conversely, whether you were the waiter who waited on my party this evening. 1. A party of five is led to a booth designed for four, in which they will not fit. After some wrangling, they are eventually led to a larger ...

Parental Advisory 1

Nov

9

2006

I’ve got assorted parental units in town starting today in celebration of Dad’s 70th birthday tomorrow. Weirdness alert: My boss’s mom recently turned 70 as well. I suppose that’s what happens when you wait to have kids until you’re 45. Speaking of weird, did anyone else watch Jericho (shut up, it’s the most unintentionally hilarious ...

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When I Grow Up

Man 4

On Your Mark, Get Set, Week! 2

I Am Now Officially An Asshole

It’s Beginning To Melt A Lot Like Christmas

Washington In A Nutshell

Only In L.A.

Kids: Wise Beyond Their Years

Waiter Quiz

Parental Advisory 1