The other day I was meeting one of my friends (who shall go unnamed to protect his pride) and as I was walking down the hill, where he was standing about 20 yards ahead facing me, it was impossible to not notice the large gaping opening on the front of his jeans.
I’m gonna put the question to all of you. If you’re a dude, and you notice that another dude’s fly is open and that dude is a friend, what do you do?
Do you ignore it and hope …

My family moved across school district lines halfway through my high school career. This created a disconnect in my life in terms of high school — I was no longer considered a member of the graduating class of only a few dozen students that I had been part of for 10 years, and officially became a member of a graduating class of several hundred students that I was only part of for two years.
I didn’t get to know very many people during those two years. …

When I got my notice last month that my neighborhood was next in line to get their Time-Warner DVR’s “upgraded” from Passport to Navigator, I was worried. I’d heard plenty of horror stories from those further south who had already received the “upgrade”. Tales about how all of their recordings were erased. All of their scheduled recordings wiped out. Boxes constantly rebooting. Being unable to record anything. Having to drive 10-20 miles to one of the poorly-located stores (why …

I spotted this Chinese food delivery service magnet stuck to a vending machine last night…

Last night Ken dragged me to the Ameristar against my will. Parre went too.
I have a major expense coming up so didn’t want to just throw my money away. “I’m only gonna play with $20,” I said, “and that’s really not enough to last on the Blackjack table, so I’m just gonna play slots.”
So before he and Parre hit the tables, Ken set me up on the Triple Diamond machine that he had such good luck on during his last visit.
Mere moments later my twenty was …

When the year began I set a few goals for 2007. Now that the year is half over, let’s see how I’m doing…

To break the elusive 30-mile barrier with a long walk somewhere in the metro area.

Done. On April 15 I walked 37.5 miles from Liberty to Olathe. And I’m just hours away from embarking on an attempt to break 40.

To weigh 20 pounds less on December 31 than I do on January 1.

I’ve lost four, so I have a lot of work to do …