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Man, I really pulled one over on you guys. I’ve actually been gone for days on vacation - a little out-of-town getaway to Estes Park, a tourist town about 70 miles NW of Denver, at the foot of Rocky Mountain National Park. The gf and I went to a B&B up there for [...]

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In an effort to alleviate the intense fear of buses I’ve had ever since I ran into one, I decided to ride the bus to work yesterday. (Well, actually, two buses. It’s kind of cool - they have this thing called a “transfer”, which the driver of the first bus hands you when [...]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: Predictable comic strips. One of the little games I play with myself is “guess the punchline”. When reading the comics section of the morning paper, I will sometimes cover up the final panel of a gag strip and guess what the punchline is going to be. I only [...]

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Jogged Today: Yes (@ 42°F)
Songs That Came Up On The iPod While Jogging:

“Ready or Not” (The Lightning Seeds)
“Concrete” (Midnight Oil)
“U Li La Lu” (Poi Dog Pondering)
“Hollow Horse” (Icicle Works)
“Seventeen” (Invincible)
“Mass Romantic” (The New Pornographers)

Today’s Weight: 163.2 lbs
Lunch Yesterday: Drunken Noodles at Spicy Basil, where I received this fortune in my cookie:
Since, indeed, it did seem [...]

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Pet Peeve of the Day: This has got to be the most inappropriate, out-of-control use of quotation marks I’ve ever seen. Spotted today while “STANDING” in “LINE” at the Kaiser Permanente pharmacy:

The words in ALL CAPITALS make it that much better, don’t they? Some signmaker went a little crazy and needs to face [...]

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Yesterday, while driving home from work, I saw a small green convertible being driven by a white-haired middle-aged gentleman. The car had a personalized license plate. Do you know what it read? No, of course you don’t, because I haven’t told you yet. Well, you might know if you live [...]

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