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Cop Steals Pudding; Taken into Custardy

February 24, 2012

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Police in Houston arrested one of its own after a cop was repeatedly filmed stealing food and drinks from the break room refrigerator. Local media love a story about a crooked cop and they’ve probably jumped all over this story with the following sensational headlines: Cop Steals Pudding; Taken into Custardy Officer in Pickle After […]

My Trophy Room

February 23, 2012

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All my life I’ve suspected I wasn’t receiving as many awards as I deserved. But if you bring that oversight to anyone’s attention, they automatically place a mental check next to your name for  being the type of person who desires awards and is therefore the type of person who is undeserving of awards. The […]

The Good Greatsby’s One Year Blogaversary Spectacular

February 22, 2012

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If you liked The Good Greatsby this past year, you should know I was barely even trying. If you didn’t like The Good Greatsby this past year, you should know I was barely even trying. If you’re not a good judge of quality and can’t tell whether The Good Greatsby is good or bad, but […]

Things I Can’t Buy One Day After Telling My Wife We Can’t Afford Braces for the Kids

February 21, 2012

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The worst thing is when I tell my wife we can’t afford to get the kids braces, and then the very next day I see a deal on something I’ve always wanted and she gives me a dirty look when I come home with any of the following: A walk-in humidor. Braces for my mistress’ […]

Letting the Cast Out of the Bag

February 20, 2012

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Over dinner, our family occasionally picks an idiomatic saying that we plan to start mispronouncing in hopes the altered version will catch on until it some day finds its way back to us. This past week, instead of saying, “let the cat out of the bag,” which means to disclose confidential information, all four of […]

Inspirational Shovegiving: it’s push but nuthin’s given

February 19, 2012

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While scouring Shanghai for ironic gifts for Mrs. Greatsby’s birthday, I was fortunate enough to come across some Chinglish poetry in a stationery store. Chinese notebooks often have an inspirational or poetic message in English on the cover, and they usually make no sense, causing me to wonder what artistic influence the reading of these […]

Cutting the Cheese is a Cinnamon for Passing Gas

February 18, 2012

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A Sentence Parsing: How can children seem so very smart and so very not smart at the same time? I’ve developed an elaborate system for quantifying my children’s statements to determine whether I should be worried or not. I applied this system to the following: At the dinner table Optimist Prime asked Mrs. Greatsby to […]

Pop Some Champagne for My New Domain

February 17, 2012

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In celebration of my one year blogaversary, WordPress wanted to get me a little special something and offered to give me a free domain name if I gave them a little something special in the form of money to renew and update my WordPress features. After searching GoDaddy.com for BradPitt.com, Brangelina.com, and CambodianBoyAngelinaAdopted.com (in case […]

If Nobody is Going to Throw Me a Party, I Guess I’ll Have to Throw One

February 16, 2012

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My wife and I always bring each other breakfast in bed on our respective birthdays. Her birthday is tomorrow, but I brought her breakfast in bed a week ago to make her think I’d gotten the date wrong. It was probably the first time in a year that I’d successfully played any joke on her […]

Valentine Hangover: Role-playing Gone Wrong

February 15, 2012

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Yesterday, police in Portland were called to investigate reports of an unclothed woman tied up in the back of a Subaru, only to discover she and the driver were playing an elaborate role-playing game to celebrate Valentine’s Day. I like to think once the police officers understood the situation, they took turns teasing the couple […]

Fonz and Whatshername Sitting in a Tree: Part 3

February 14, 2012

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This might surprise you, but I tend to joke around a lot with my kids. They rarely believe anything I say because I give parenting advice with the same straight face in which I give zombie-escape-route advice–all while wearing a smoking jacket and pretending to smoke a pipe. But I have given the kids a […]

Half-Hearted Valentine’s Day Cards

February 13, 2012

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If I could go back in time 30 years and marry you all over again, I would in an instant… …but let me be clear I mean I’d marry the 25-year-old version of you, back when you could really rock a swimsuit. After 50 Valentine’s Days together, I realize more than ever that mere words […]