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The car’s all packed, the show is on disc and as of 5pm I’ll be on vacation! I’ll probably be posting here more frequently than before. After all, it’d be tough to post LESS often… Plus I’ll be away from the distractions and difficulties of work. I was just thinking about it, and this will be the longest non-holiday related vacation that I’ve been on in fourteen years.

I’m a bit hazy on the numbers for that claim. It’s not exactly fuzzy math, more along the lines of poor memory. I can’t recall if I had a summer job my freshman year of college, or if that started sophomore year. I know I took summer classes every subsequent year, so those don’t count.
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This is probably old news to many guys out there, but for those of us who are new to the whole marriage thing, here’s a handy tip: When you are shopping with your wife, keep your mouth shut.

I’m sure the same thing applies to girlfriends, mistresses, whatever. I’m just speaking from my own experience. Push the cart around, hold the bags, nod occasionally and make non-committal grunting noises so that she knows you’re still there. Just don’t say anything. There’s nothing about shopping that you can’t make worse by speaking.
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Did you ever have one of those moments when you’ve got a plan so clearly pictured in your mind that you don’t know if you’ve done it or not? I’m worrying today that I may have had one of those moments last night. I’d had a nice clear plan in my mind when I got home from work: i.e. get the air conditioner out of the basement and into the window, grill dinner outside (so as not to heat up the house), work out, and then call my mom and wish her a happy birthday.
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“In case of serious injury, consult a medical professional.”

That’s what it says on the side of the band-aid box. I noticed it this morning when I was getting ready for work. There it was, sitting in the medicine cabinet, staring at me. A blue band with white letters.
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