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Online Gaming and The Polanski Option

I enjoy playing the occasional puzzle game on my iPhone to pass the time (read: walking an 11-year-old dog that no longer desires the oft-visited blocks in our neighborhood). Back in July I downloaded the game epic pet wars as I waited in line to see Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince. The game was [...]

Hard to be Goode

My friend Phiam was good enough to promote The Goode Family on his Facebook profile (yay social media!), otherwise I would have missed what is the best animated series ever delivered by Mike Judge. I was never a fan of Beavis and Butt-head and I rarely watched King of the Hill, but I couldn’t get enough [...]

To any and all men who shower at the gym

No one, and I mean no one, wants to hear your grunting. Ever.

Power to the people

Since I last posted my recent bout with pubic lice, I found myself getting nowhere fast with the club manager Chad. Not one to give up, I blindly tried two e-mail addresses at 24 Hour Fitness. Within an hour, I made contact.

Dear Mr. Elliott:
First of all thank you for the letter of concern and second [...]

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Google Bomb

I contracted pubic lice from the locker room at 24 Hour Fitness in Downtown Seattle.
I want search engines to link their search results with this entry, thus I made a clear, concise statement about the gym. The club, to date, will not refund my entire prepaid membership and will not take any responsibility for its [...]