Category Archives: Friends

Is It Just Me?

>mebeliмебели стара загораo I come from some subset of the world population that was predisposed to end up believing that the best years of our lives are behind us?
I used to believe that it was just me, that I was some sort of mutant ball of depression that was happier in my younger days and [...]

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Things Jester Didn’t Get To Hear In Person Because He Missed Poker Night

Hank: Can you find Virginia on a map?
Liz: North or South?
:::everyone stares at Liz:::
Liz: What?
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Hank: My friends at work think I’m a FOB Predator.
Flo: This is only your first FOB girlfriend, isn’t it?
Liz: What’s FOB?
Flo: Fresh Off The Boat.
Fred: Nowadays it’s JOJ. Just Off The Jet.
Othurme: I think you’re [...]

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Errrummah…

Oh yeah… Speaking of friends. I probably should have added this little bit in the last post.
One year ago today my friend Matt gave me his kidney.
Exactly one year ago I didn’t know how to fully express how grateful I am.
Today I still don’t.
Thanks Matt! (and I’m sorry I couldn’t get a cute nurse [...]

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It’s All About Friends

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Because Killer had a funny story about Girl Scouts and their cookies yesterday over at his blog, I thought I’d share these comments made by Jester while we were driving to band practice on Sunday.
Jester (mostly to himself, as we drove past young girls standing on the corner holding [...]

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Banished!

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Being the self proclaimed King of The Lazy, much of my life is centered around TV. Imagine my surprise on Friday when I got home from work and the satellite receiver was telling me there was no signal coming in from the dish. This is no way [...]

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Do you remember the absolute best sleep you’ve ever had?

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For me it was about five years ago. I was camping with some friends on Cherry Lake. This is a small lake on the north tip of Yosemite National Park. It’s one of my favorite places to camp because it’s remote enough so that’s it’s never [...]

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