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Stop-loss. Anyone who’s worked in retail has heard the term. It’s a dandied-up way of saying “fuck those little skate punks and meth addicts who want to steal nail polish and sell it on the street, we’re gonna stop ‘em.” It’s a philosophy that works when applied from the top down. The bigwigs decide on [...]

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So, being unemployed and basically worthless has one benefit: lots of time to seek out and explore the inane and incomprehensible. And being someone that loves skymall and other merchants of the ridiculous, yesterday was a huge day for me, as I discovered the “What On Earth” catalog. 
Nearly every item there can be filed under [...]

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Dont’ you love it when CVS has their Christmas crap out in October? I know I do. It’s not Thanksgiving yet, and you can already witness questionable-smelling individuals buying tubs of peanut M&Ms, hair dryers, batteries, Rhinocort and floss for their loved ones’ holiday cheer. Good Lord, the last thing you want to see when [...]

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Old age kinda creeps up on you. You don’t see it coming, you’re walking down the street, listening quite happily to your Ipod (or in my case, NotPod) believing that you’re somewhat cool and on top of current trends for enjoying The Hold Steady, or Panic! At The Disco, or Modest Mouse, or, God forbid, [...]

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In the spirit of the jobbers over at Apples & Moustaches, let’s hit some highlights and lowlights of the past couple of weeks. There’ve been a lot of things going on. Because nothing says “what the eff, dude, nothing to say?” like a “here’s seven things that happened to me recently” post.

Being a homeowner [...]

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Well hey there, tellhimfred-ers. Thanks for coming by. You might remember ol’ barryfreed. I’m the fellow that started this blog, then dropped off the face of the planet. Luckily, Jimmy Hoffa has picked up the slack and kept this thing alive. Thanks, Jimmy. 
So, it’s election night, and it certainly looks like my old friend Barack [...]

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Actually, no, on second thought don’t blog the vote. Just go out and vote, and then let’s get on with rebuilding this Babyshambles of a country.
Also, for those of you other Massholes out there, don’t forget: vote for a sensible marijuana policy, and vote to keep funding public schools and programs to keep our children [...]

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