Category : Obtuse Observations

27th April 2007 : Honor Among Scalpers

I've always been fascinated by the routine ticket scalpers use to stay out of trouble. I'm not sure it really works, frankly, but it's fascinating. Like a perpetual motion machine, or a French tickler. You know what I'm saying. In my experience, scalper… more »
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16th April 2007 : Game, Set, Rocking Chair

Ten Hints That Tell a Guy He's Too Old to Ever Be Sexy Again 10) You still imagine yourself participating when you watch steamy love scenes at the movies -- only now you consider how you'd break a damned hip, if you were to carry on like that. 9) Your… more »
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30th March 2007 : Maybe Reading Can Be Fun

I like to think I'm a reasonable man. It's not true, particularly, but I like to think that. I like to think a lot of things. But here's the thing -- if you don't want me to stare at some part of your anatomy, then for the love of frilly whale's tails,… more »
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26th March 2007 : The Postman Wore Mukluks

I give up. This New England weather has finally beaten me into submission. It snowed last night. The last week of fricking March, and it snowed in Boston. These weren't flurries, either. No delicate gentle snowflakes, these. These were the wet, sticky,… more »
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19th March 2007 : My Dog, the Bonehead

My dog is an idiot. I suppose all dogs are idiots, in their own slobbery way -- and to be fair, my dog's generally one of the least lamebrained canines I know. But being the Queen of the Douchebags doesn't make you a genius; it makes you a douchebag wit… more »
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