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About the amphibians

June 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

The Gaydi Project: Honey, you really dated a lot of frogs. But for all your trouble, I gotta say, you ended up marrying the greatest guy out there.
Me: Yeah. I dated a lot of frogs alright.
TGP: Well, actually, that’s not true. You dated a number of really neat guys, too. Guys that I liked.
Me: Yeah. [...]

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A Catastrophizer + Google = Bad Idea

May 8th, 2008 · 16 Comments

Thanks to the sub-sub-par genetics of the man who fathered me, john allred, I have astronomically high cholesterol. My combined HDL/LDL score is 359 and the doctor who discovered this almost had a myocardial infarction himself when an MRI of my heart came back clear of any blockages. He practically begged me to drink copious [...]

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Tags: Life · My Father · WTF · health

On Being a Better Parent Than My Parent

April 30th, 2006 · 11 Comments

When I was little, before my parents divorced, my father used to go out for a run every day. At least I remember it being every day but it may have only been on weekends. And on Christmas mornings. Which was sadistic since my brothers and I weren’t allowed to go downstairs to view the [...]

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