A very good friend of my celebrated his 40th birthday (belatedly, but that’s not important right now) this past weekend, and, as you do when making hay about such things, roped the Whole Gang together to do so. The husbands—and yes, that includes me, regardless of whether I’m still authorized to carry a Man Card—began … Continue reading How to have an Uber good time
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Five things I learned pre-celebrating my 40th trip around the sun
As you undoubtedly gathered from Friday’s post about, well, I don’t know, reflux and other somewhat loosely related ramblings, I’ll be turning 40 this week. Actually, tomorrow, to be specific about it. Woohoo, indeed. I’ve got party hats all picked out already. I intend to mark the occasion with a Cub Scout meeting and my … Continue reading Five things I learned pre-celebrating my 40th trip around the sun
The dark, cold, grey expanse of another endless February lies before me…
Once again, the dark time is upon us. The Super Bowl is over, and just like every year, the cold, sober, grey light of a February dawn brings the realization that I'm screwed. Football is over. Baseball has yet to start. Basketball has little meaning until there's a tournament involved, and I've got no sport … Continue reading The dark, cold, grey expanse of another endless February lies before me…
Weekend Debate: Olympic Volleyball
Since pretty much, well, everyone is staring glassy-eyed at their TVs this weekend as the glory and spectacle of the Olympics unfolds in high-definition tape-delayed fabulousness, I figured they'd make a pretty decent topic for this week's debate. Ah, but what to debate? I suppose I could ask whether or not anyone believes our fair … Continue reading Weekend Debate: Olympic Volleyball
3-Way Thursday: I wish I were in Dixie, Chili that is.
[Pudn's note: I've known the author of this 3-Way post, Brooksy, aka Mark, for the better part of almost twenty years. I worked at the retail chain that Dustin Hoffman said sucked in Rainman; Mark dated (and later married) someone who was close friends with someone else who worked there. Come to think of it, I don't really … Continue reading 3-Way Thursday: I wish I were in Dixie, Chili that is.
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