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joe biden month, dilemma the last
Dear Vice President Biden,Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm...what are you doing there, partner?Sincerely,Slider K. Shaftacular--Slider,Listen to your buddy Joe: it's not what it looks like! No one is safe in the...
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"The Tholian Web" - Star Trek"The Best of Both Worlds, Parts 1 and 2" - Star Trek the Next Generation"Between the Darkness and The Light" - Babylon 5"Sacrifice of Angels" - Star Trek: Deep Space...
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be mindful
To all my loyal supporters who may be disappointed that I did not accept the position as Dean of Knox College, I say mourn not! This was a conscious decision on my part. While it was truly difficult...
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a disturbance
There is just too much fuss in this world. Again my friends and supporters are up-in-arms about the fact that I will not be giving the Commencement Address at Knox College this year. Much like the...
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As good Catholics should, we take our two year old son to Mass every week. He loves "go to Church." We sit in the second to last row so as to make easy emergency exits. He has a good friend -- a...
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If I look around my house I see a precocious bossy toddler who won't sleep but gives great hugs.I see a very pregnant beautiful wife who is patient, kind and loving.I see an aged cocker spaniel who is...
View Articlemy wife is having an affair (in sbarrr format)
Situation: My 2 year old son repeatedly shouts "Go see Daddy!" while in my presence. While we are playing blocks, while changing his diaper, while watching basketball.Background: I am the only Daddy...
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super mario cluster
Diamond Dave and I have one really bad habit amidst an otherwise great friendship: we play Super Mario Brothers Wii together.For most people, playing SMBWii would be an enjoyable experience. Talking,...
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Yeah, what he (the over-analytical, painfully cynical but usually right guy) said.
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back to front porch
I'm reading Tom Wolfe's Back to Blood right now. Not his best work, but the novel is still entertaining and worth a read. It's a fictional portrayal of modern Miami and the relationships between the...
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Dear Hulu,I had plans for this week. I was going to get caught up on medical journals, be a little more spiritual during Holy Week, finish reading a novel and catch up on my sleep. Then I find out...
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pretty girls and fancy ketchup
When Kid Shay approached me with the idea of a three part series on attractive women presenting bottles of pureed tomatoes and sugar, I was skeptical. I thought perhaps Shay was drinking more than...
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Seven years ago, we moved to Wauwatosa to start residency and a new life. Things were awesome! No more books, no more tests, we had a little bit of money and a house, and we had a whole hell of a lot...
View Articlewelcome, please make us better
To my beautiful daughter:We were on a roll. You were born on the 30th Anniversary of the release of Murmur. Our first date was watching It Happened One Night together while your mother slept. For...
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Today is supposed to be for spreading potentially identifiable digital images of the likely duo that caused merciless carnage in Boston. Look.Today is also about reacting to politics over people. Get...
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"Oxygen feeds a cell just as easily as it feeds a fire." -- Slider K. Shaftacular (3 seconds ago in my own mind) Day by day I grow more assured that individual choice is the center of both the great...
View Articlethe will to waiver
Nine years ago, as I was preparing to leave on my honeymoon backpacking through Ireland, I asked my emotionally retarded friend Timmy the Tim a question: "Is there a good place to just sit in...
View Articlea day late to emphasize the hate
Timmy the Tim turned 33 yesterday. In honor of Timmy the Tim's Jesus Year, I'd like to highlight 33 difference between my most spiteful, yet still cherished friend, and my personal Lord and Savior.1....
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twtw
The older I getThe grumpier I getThe less surprised I becomeExciting times in Chicago via Milwaukee. Then I remember thisAnd thisAnd this.And then my enthusiasm is curbed to safe and realistic levels.
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Admittedly unnecessary and inconsequential, but I have three thoughts on the decade-long kidnappings of the three women in Cleveland.1. Serious, very relevant thought: The stuff I see everyday at my...
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