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We lost a good woman today ladies and gentleman. We lost a kind and decent, gentle flower of a sweet older woman. We lost one of my favorites. Estelle Getty died today at the age of 81 from dementia (that’s GOT to suck) and The Golden Girls just got a little less golden. You no […]

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I like to think that, given the chance, I could bench press 300 lbs off my chest three or four times. Here’s the funny thing; I’m 5 ’10, weigh 180 lbs…there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that I can get 300 lbs off my chest unless that 300 lbs is an ugly woman that’s […]

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Butcher?!? I Hardly Know Her!

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Sometimes things are not as they appear. Sometimes we think we know what we’re looking at/dealing with only to find out that it’s completely different. Like that girl that I went out with a couple of years ago only to find out that she had an Adam’s apple and a peni…anyway, I’ve shared too much.Think […]

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I’m blurry-eyed, sleepless…barely able to see this morning. There are tiny little kittens running around the office…I’m not quite sure where they came from…they’re pretty damn cute though…and I hate cats for the most part. Bananarama is on the radio. Bananarama? Really? That was what you came up with during the all night “what should […]

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I feel a little bit left of center right now. I am the very definition of comatose. You know that feeling you have where you’re thinking to yourself “I’m not asleep right now” only to jerk your head back so hard that you pull your spine out of alignment and realize that you were out…but […]

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My normal daily routine is just that…a normal and pretty consistent daily routine.  I eat 6 times a day (four times at work) and I eat at the same time every single day.  At exactly noon each day, I have my third meal (which we’ll refer to as lunch) and I troll around on ESPN.com […]

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No Country for Dumb Men

Monday, June 9th, 2008

Wanna know how my weekend went? I went out with a girl Saturday night who thought Hawaii was a country. Whu? There’s nothing more disappointing than meeting someone who seems like a unique individual, has the looks to go with it but is dumb as a box of hammers.
I’m an arrogant prick most of the […]

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So, I know it’s been a little while since I’ve written. Yes, I’m a terrible person. We spent that summer together at the beach, gazed into each other’s eyes and professed our undying love to each other. I told you I’d write and then…nothing. You waited eagerly, checking the site like Ralphy checking the mailbox […]

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So, I was having this dream about a “friend” of mine around 3:45AM on Sunday morning. Let’s just say it involved many different food items and, for some reason, there was an elephant in the background. No, I have no idea what the elephant means. But, you can bet your ass I’m about to get […]

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This weekend one of my “friends” (I love the fact that I call her a “friend” now) called me from the airport to let me know that she had just heard a great song on the radio, and that the singer sounded exactly like me. Must be one hell of a singer! Now, I’m pretty […]

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Wouldn’t it be great if you could see the future? Well you can at least anticipate what it might possibly hold for you. In fact, I think anticipation is a necessity in this industry.
I find myself, at the moment, in a predicament that I find myself in about once every couple of months or so. […]

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I used to have a friend, and I use that term loosely, that was the cheapest human being who has ever walked this green planet that God bestowed up on us poor wretched souls. It’s impossible for me to explain to you how unbelievably cheap this d-bag was without just providing you with some examples to […]

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I bought a TV this weekend. I bought what I like to call a big-boy, HDTV, you-know-where-to-find-me-during-college-football-season-TV. Most who know me will tell you that, as far as putting research into a purchase, I am probably the worst person on the planet. I think like a guy…I know what I want and I go and […]

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I love Billy Joel! There’s a running, ever-present mocking of me around the office because of my useless knowledge of music…more importantly my extreme willingness to bring in up in any situation that I possibly can. And, one of my favorites to spout off useless and tedious information about is Billy Joel. Here are some […]

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The next three week span is one of my favorite times of the year: March Madness baby! I’m a decent fan of NCAA basketball and have been since I was a little kid. Even though I’m a Clemson Tigers fan, when basketball starts I’m a GA Tech fan as well. My family knows Mark Price! […]

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Sheik Yerbouti!!!

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Remember Frank Zappa? You know you do. “Joe’s Garage”, “Baby Snakes, “Don’t you eat the yellow snow”, some of that’s gotta ring a bell. I love Frank Zappa. I have no idea why, but there’s something about listening to psychotic, off-beat craziness that I love.  That, and the fact that I love listening to someone […]

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Exactly What Was DR. Zhivago a DR. Of?

Monday, March 10th, 2008

I thought I was dying on Monday.  No kidding.  I don’t know why I feel compelled to tell a whole bunch of strangers this, but hey what the hell!  About 1:30 on Monday afternoon I thought that I was having a heart attack…like an honest to God heart attack…like I thought this was it, white […]

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Finding Nemo Never Tasted So Good!

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

I love sushi! Nothing sounds better to me than raw fish wrapped in white rice and seaweed, dipped in sodium sauce and smother with wasabi (or as I like call it, the green death!). Sushi might, in fact, be my favorite food to eat…like ever. Here’s the funny thing though; there was […]

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“Chinese Democracy”, the highly anticipated “new” album from Guns ‘n Roses (OK, let’s face it, Axl Rose) has STILL NOT BEEN RELEASED! At this point I don’t even care if the damn thing ever comes out… although, my curiosity is still elevated enough to where I will buy it (or illegally download it) when […]

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Whip It! Whip It Good!

Monday, January 28th, 2008

Friday I came home from work and promptly started to feel like a possum at midnight, wandering around a busy highway, waiting on a semi to plow into me at about 100 MPH. And, around 10:30PM it happened. Sore throat, itchy eyes, headache, snot… the whole works… the sickness came! Thus, I […]

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