Wednesday, February 27, 2013

A tale of the old wild west

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The old man sighed as the stranger rode up. "Stay here, Lucy Sue", he said as he picked up the old weathered chest and went outs...
Monday, February 25, 2013

I'm not sick anymore...maybe

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As promised, here's new material... I am no longer sick. No, at this point I actually think I died two weeks ago but the drugs I...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

I'm still (still) sick

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Remember what I said Wednesday ? Same thing today. I'm sincerely sorry. Believe me, I hate it more than you do. Come back on Monday an...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

I'm (still) sick

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I wouldn't have thought this was even possible, but somehow I have been sick for about a month. The year is not even two months old, s...
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Monday, February 18, 2013

Conveniently open to ridicule

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Sometimes, not all the times, just sometimes, when I get done working a late night (such as after a Tampa Bay Lightning home game; did I m...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

An update (sort of) on the book

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Carrie Bailey , the head honcho over at Peevish Penman , tagged me in a Q and A game regarding soon-to-be-published books. Hey, I have one...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

My winter jacket

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It doesn't get that cold in Florida and even when it does it doesn't last very long. Still, you need to own a jacket. I needed one...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

White People Problems: Extreme Edition

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One day last week, I found myself not-that-hungry at lunch so I walked to the nearby Starbucks, figuring they had muffins and such. When I...
Friday, February 08, 2013

A squirrel tale

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The other day I was walking down the street on Davis Island, a suburban neighborhood just southwest of downtown Tampa. I passed a house wh...
Wednesday, February 06, 2013

My (last) year of living relevantly

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Today is my birthday and I am turning 49 years old. Oh thanks, but this is kind of frightening. Not because of any fear of mortality, of ...
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Monday, February 04, 2013

It's better to be angry than ill

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For the second time in about six weeks, I'm sick. Under normal circumstances, I'm a get-really-sick-once-a-year person, but I don...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

Table conversation

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One of the many benefits of the "Me, me, me, I'm the center of my own personal universe and the star of a whole network worth o...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

The (possibly short-lived) return of fancy cable!

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About a year ago, I ditched my fancy cable in favor of sub-basic cable. No more AMC, no more Comedy Central, no more ESPN. As it turned o...
Monday, January 28, 2013

Fun with mising letters

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I'll visit the donut section but otherwise, I'm really not that hungry. 
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Friday, January 25, 2013

Your horse might not be as high as you think it is

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I was just wondering how many people saw this story that ran in USA Today and on NBC news about the restaurant server who stood up on beha...
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Rest In Peace, Earl Weaver

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In one of those Forrest Gump-ian twists that pop up in my life from time to time, I once got to spend a day with legendary former Baltimor...
Monday, January 21, 2013

This could have happened

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The other day I was at the grocery store, picking up some assorted items. I had finished shopping and had unloaded all the groceries int...
Friday, January 18, 2013

Present-day retro crush

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Recently, through the wonderful world of Netflix (and I say that with zero sarcasm whatsoever), I have been catching up on old tv shows a...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Said without being said

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 Seriously, has there ever been a guy named Larry who wasn't a tool?  "And Friday morning on CNN, the chair of “Gun Appre...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

Pickled

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This is a picture of the fresh pickles they put out at Jimbo's Pit Bar B-Q here in Tampa. Jimbo's is my favorite BBQ in town and t...
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