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So T.O. is now in the AFC East…as a Buffalo Bill. Say it with me: Terrell Owens is now a wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills. You can’t make this stuff up. Terrell Owens, the most “you-don’t-throw-da-ball-to-me-enough”, complainy-pants receiver in the NFL is now getting passes thrown to him by Trent Edwards. Or maybe J.P. [...]

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I’ll be turning 30 on March 16th, and the lady friend and I are headed to Vegas. Just the other day I took a look at my license and realized it is going to expire on my birthday. Uh-oh. Since we’ll be coming back here on the 16th, I’ll need to renew my license before [...]

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There are quite a few lofts and new apartment complexes around here, so the lady friend and I are always seeing signs for an open house. Finally we decided we’d go take a look at some of them on a Sunday when we had nothing else today. Well, today was that day, and we learned [...]

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Goodbye liver. Goodbye 6-8 hours of sleep a night. Goodbye productivity. Goodbye not smelling like a goat because I managed to take a shower in the morning.
Hello 125-cc IV of Dunkin’s. Hello visine. Hello three bags of empty beer bottles in the kitchen. Hello shaving with my eyes closed in the morning.
Hello Red Sox. It’s [...]

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Fancying yourself a writer is all well and good, as is penning entries for a blog on a quasi-regular basis, but in order to maintain the illusion, one has to actually sit down and write something from time to time. Short story, poem, song lyrics, tuneless jingle, whatever. Sometimes just a writing exercise is fun [...]

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Dear lady in the SUV on Rt 1,
First of all let me apologize, I had no business being there on the road with you, me with 2 wheels and you with 4. Obviously with your greater number of surface contact points you deserve a much higher level of consideration. Apparently I didn’t even [...]

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George Carlin, known for his role as the conductor on Shining Time Station’s seasons 2-4 (one of Rube’s favorites), was also known for being a socially observant comedian. He shuffled off his mortal coil this past Sunday. How about we look back on the 7 Words You Can’t Say. Oh, and you [...]

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“Fans entering the playing field will be arrested and prosecuted under the full extent of the law. Enjoy your afternoon / evening at Fenway Park.”
That’s the announcement that roughly 40,000 people hear 81 times per year, not counting the playoffs. Yet there’s always one asshole (yeah I know, Boston is full of ‘em, [...]

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Yeah, yeah, yeah…, everyone bitches about Starbucks but still goes there. I won’t even enter one, even if I desperately need coffee. Fortunately, in my neighborhood we have a nice normal priced coffee shop where you can actually order a “medium” coffee, and don’t need to take a pretentious pill before ordering.
HolyTaco dot [...]

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