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The Man Who Spit Gum in His Hair
In all things in life, we must accept that we change. Change can be large or small, depending on the nature of the person and circumstance. For me, the change is small, but important ( Read more... ) -
At The Drive Through
I love that the bank has a drive through ATM. The joy of sloth and ability to avoid painful personal interaction in one unified moment is bliss. Saturday, I drove up to the drive through ATM, in need of some currency to fill my wallet and pay for photographs of dear Sweetiepig with Santa Claus, which benefits my need for pictures of the world's ( Read more... ) -
Fantasy Premier League: Week 16
About four years ago, I became hooked on soccer and by extension Fantasy Premier League. One of my co-workers was quite passionate about soccer and we were involved in the work Fantasy World Cup League. In fact, one of our co-workers did so well, he finished second in the United States. Having enjoyed both the soccer and competition, we started ( Read more... ) -
Death in the Dollar Store
On my way to the farmer's market, I detoured myself to the dollar store, Family Tree to be exact. I seldom go to the dollar store, which is little more than an update on the five and dime which seemed to have gone extinct by the 1990s. However, stopping to get a shower curtain for Sweetiepig a while back, I discovered that this particular Family ( Read more... ) -
AutoPay Blues
There is little in life more unsettling than not having your preferred credit card. That's not true, there are many things far more unsettling than not having access to your preferred credit card, but any time your credit card becomes compromised, you need to go through this horrible cycle of re-registering everything. Last week, I needed to ( Read more... ) -
The Best Sandwiches Combined Two Pre-Existing Sandwich Concepts
As you are probably not aware, I spent about 10 months working in Philadelphia. During that time, I did not learn to love the City of Brotherly Love, though I did enjoy the best sports experience of my life there, as well as learn to love food trucks. One of the food trucks I was especially fond of was Vernalicous, which made a number of ( Read more... ) -
Jewasaurus
I've watched professional wrestling for over 30 years, which both makes me feel old and likely makes you think ill of me. I've seen wrestling on its biggest stages, watching Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair in person in 20,000 seat arenas filled to the rafters and I've seen shows in VFWs with crowds barely reaching 75 people ( Read more... ) -
I Can't Wait to Tell You All About (Big Apple Stomp Night 1)
Nothing reminds you of your age like participating in something from your youth. Yesterday and again today is the Big Apple Stomp, a two-day ska festival. Fourteen hours of ska, two days, bands I genuinely like seeing live, what a great idea!!! After six hours, I am definitely feeling the effects of not going to shows on a regular basis and ( Read more... ) -
Due Mari: A Fine Dining Experience
Fine dining is a learned skill. We often spen
Today, the missus and I went out to find lunch. We started off heading towards Somerville to see if Origin was open. Their website insisted they were closed, but Google gave me the distinct impression they might be open. Also, on Labor Day, we went to Origin, who was open for Sunday hours, so I was ( Read more... ) -
The World's Richest Prize
Since World Cup 2010, I've become quite the soccer fan. At work, we had a fantasy soccer league and I shared a small office with a long-time soccer fan, who stoked the flames of our work league. Watching soccer for an entire month ending with Nigel de Jong's kung fu kick were enough to make me a convert. Plus, we enjoyed the World Cup fantasy ( Read more... )