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Directions: You will be asked to examine a series of photographs. It is your happy task to determine exactly what (tf) is going on in those pictures. The first correct entry in the comments section below will earn a redeemable prize. Special consideration will be given in the form of an equally redeemable prize for [...]

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A Weighty Matter

One of the first things they tell you (over and over again) when you catch ALS is not to lose any weight. They want you to maintain as much of your poundage as possible because once it’s gone, it’s hard to get back. I must have royally pissed them off when I dropped a quick [...]

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TMI

A brief list of a few things you probably didn’t want to know about me:
Drooling. These days, I drool more than a teething infant. It’s as if somebody turned on a faucet in my mouth whenever I lean my head forward. When Emma sees it happen she says “Uh oh” and grabs a napkin to [...]

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Worlds are Colliding

So, there he sits, on the bench at the kitchen table, the omnipresent Coke (no ice) by his side, fully submerged in the four-color fantasy world of the modern day comic book fanboy. Notice how his gaze is transfixed, his concentration unwavering, as he soaks in every last nuanced detail on the printed page before [...]

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* * * PRESS RELEASE * * *
Jason Picetti, aka ALS Boy, will be making his live television debut this upcoming Labor Day Monday, September 7, 2009. He will be appearing on the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, which is broadcast on KTVU, Channel 2 in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. He is scheduled [...]

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On This Date

The following events have occured on this date:
July 1, 1963   ZIP codes are introduced in the United States. This development frees up a lot of time for Cliff Claven and Newman.
July 1, 1967   Pamela Anderson is born. Teenage boys the world over rejoice.
July 1, 1979   Sony unleashes the Walkman on consumers. Remember how cool and [...]

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Life around my house can never be described as dull. Even the most mundane and personal daily routines have the potential to become full-on familial gatherings. Such was the case yesterday afternoon when a perspiration-drenched tennis player, a bathrobe and slipper wearing MD, a now-crying and no-longer-napping toddler, a freaked out, frazzled, and frustrated wife, [...]

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Here we are, Super Bowl Sunday, Steelers versus Cardinals, about 20 minutes before kickoff. The pre-game hype is reaching it’s apex. The so-called experts have weighed in on their predictions (NBC is split, 5 for the Steelers, 5 for the Cardinals).
Around these parts, the snacks are being eaten and the man soda is being chugged. [...]

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The story that you are about to read is true. The names have been omitted to protect the identities of those involved.
Once upon a school day, there was a teacher who taught middle school. One of the teacher’s students was hearing impaired and in order for this particular student to access the lesson being taught, [...]

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A Moral Dilemma

I have a friend named Rob. He’s a teacher at the school I used to teach at and every day that I go to “work”, Rob takes the time to visit and talk with me. (If blogging, managing my fantasy football teams, playing Spite and Malice with teachers on their preps, practicing Chi Gong, and [...]

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