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autobiography
Mean Machine
06.05.07 | Permalink | 8 CommentsMy first car is being exhumed. Okay, not my actual first car. That thing is sitting in a junkyard somewhere in central Florida providing a shelter for armadillos and snakes. But the same model (1957 Plymouth Belvedere) was apparently used as a time capsule in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 15, 1957. It seems they thought [...]
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autobiography, travel
The King of the Vagabonds Presents: Tuesday’s True Travel Tales
03.19.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsGenerally, I don’t like children. They annoy me because I don’t find them precious or cute. If you think about it, “cute” when used to describe the speech or actions of a child is really just another way of saying “weak or stupid, albeit in an endearing manner.” I know to many this makes me [...]
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autobiography, ponderings, rants
Sure and Begorrah
03.16.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsIt’s that time of year again, when a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts Guinness and avoiding the pinching punishment of those who forget to wear green. It’s a magical time of year when we can all come together over a pint and look back at the man who made Ireland a serpent-free zone, your [...]
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autobiography
The Lamest Thing I Said Last Week:
While involved in a discussion of the omnipresent smell of marijuana smoke that hovers over the city of San Francisco like a fart trapped under a blanket, I came around to the subject of how open people are here when it comes to smoking pot. I don’t know what the police policy is on [...]
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autobiography
Things I Think Are Cool: Nunchuks
I myself was a student of the martial arts, and in my younger days I tried to learn to use nunchuks. The weapon proved a harsh mistress. It requires not only a great deal of dexterity, but a degree of quick thinking and forethought. You see, nunchuks recoil. So not only do you have to [...]
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San Francisco, autobiography
The Thrilla in San Francisca
03.06.07 | Permalink | 4 CommentsSo I boxed Friday night. It was the first time I had done so. I’ve wrestled and fought MMA, but never stood toe-to-toe and been taught lessons in the sweet science. And on Friday I learned a few. It was the culmination of a six week “boxing boot camp” where I had been on a [...]
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