For twenty-one years I toiled at a sucky government job. Management cared more about enriching the coffers of the Republican Party than providing the taxpayers with great service. Union officials cared more about its members getting more pay than becoming more productive. And my typical co-worker cared more about dodging work than being a hero …
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I was a lazy shit this week. I had a bunch of posts in the hopper that were about halfway done, but I couldn’t muster the will to finish any of them. So rather than post nothing this week and leave my fans and groupies crestfallen, I decided to mail in a cheap update post. …
On November 15, 2017, I published a post questioning the merits of being a sports fan. It has turned out to be my most popular post by far. Right now it has 230 comments. The last one was submitted this past July—more than three and a half years after the post was published! That’s pretty …
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Another week, another week of senseless violence brought to my smartphone via YouTube. Let’s recap: 1. Woman viciously cold-cocked. 2. Woman sexually assaulted and beaten in her own home by a stranger. 3. 7-year-old girl found dead. 4. 60-year-old woman murdered. 5. Two shot, one killed at a Detroit gas station. 6. Security guard killed …
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When I was a little kid, the NFL fields actually had goalposts in the end zones. Yes, I know that sounds bizarre, but it’s true. Every end zone in the NFL was occupied by a hulking obstruction. Check it out. Thankfully, sanity finally prevailed and the goalposts were removed from the end zones for the …
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