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Random Roadtrip Tableaux

It all began with the end of my stint in Corporate America. That's right (censored corporate publishing house name), I will dance in a bear suit for you NO MORE! And yes, I actually did wear a bear suit,...

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Roadtrip: By the Numbers

Total Hours: 74 Total Miles: 1668 Total States and Federal Districts Entered: 12 Total Waffle Houses Patronized: 2 Total Moving Violations Accrued: 0 (bitch!) Total Crosses Seen: 3.147579232345 Beignets Eaten: 2 Total Amount of Time Which An Oppressive Middle Eastern...

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That's Assault Brotha...

Mike's bachelor party ended somewhat unceremoniously at Arthur's Tavern with three of us and the groom-to-be having listened to the jazz/funk stylings of Frankie and Off the Hook, a ridiculous band of soul talent who cover the likes of...

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Behind All This...

He was formed half by the ethics of his father and half by the cruelties of war... -Foreword to a Yehuda Amichai anthology. #4 of Amichai's Seven Laments for the War-Dead 4 I came upon an old zoology textbook, Brehm,...

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Oh My God Whatever Etc.

Saturday we were talking about getting old and it's funny because we're not but these conversations are the conversations had until it's finally true. Saturday's idee fixe (and the idee fixe of most Saturdays) on aging came out of spending...

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Summertime

As I wade through the work and myriad chores that precede my next great adventure, I thought to show this minor homage to summer. We're almost to a full year of Trust Fund Reporting. Thank you for keeping me...

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'Merica

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The Dream Game

Baseball is not what it used to be. While dive bars and stadium stands are still (mostly) full of fans, stalking their teams with the requisite fanaticism, there is a lump in the collective throat of the baseball electorate...

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