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I’m not dead

Monday, October 5th, 2009

“Sorry… I’ve just been really busy.” Female readers will recognize this for what it is: the most pathetic excuse in the universe, routinely offered as a guy’s reason for not calling. Googling for a man apologizing ledto a fun little walk down memory lanecourtesy of Chris Brown and Rihanna. I realize I’ve been pretty scarce [...]

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Happy Labor Day

Monday, September 7th, 2009

Long story, very short: after my career in high-tech, I spent a year as a blue-collar Teamster, working at UPS. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Unfortunately, I am no longer able to drink like a Teamster. The fact that we were up until 8am might have been recoverable… then the [...]

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If comedy equals tragedy plus time, then I’m sure I’ll find this latest development hilarious in due course: last week, I fucked myself up pretty badly in a bike accident. On Tuesday night, I was on my way to the Laughs open mic when I hit a fissure in the road. Long story short, I [...]

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This morning, I had one of those days: I woke up ridiculously, obscenely early and couldn’t get back to sleep, despite being bone-tired. Now I’m drifting through the day in a zombie-like haze, and inventing a dozen excuses per minute for why I should skip my morning workout. In other words, this blog entry is [...]

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Gone Fishin’

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

If you’ve tried to contact me in the last week, and I haven’t responded, I apologize. I’m on vacation and will be returning Sunday the 9th.

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