My Dog is Chelsea

My older brother passed away a year ago today.
Listening to music was his favorite thing to do. He had all sorts of music boxes that had about nine hundred lives each; when they pooped out, he listened to cassette tapes of them and then later copies of those. They’d often play on a continuous loop [...]

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We ran out of toilet paper this morning, somewhat unexpectantly. I suppose that you don’t normally anticipate a TP shortage—instead, one day, you reach the last square and you’re left with nothing but a cylindrical piece of cardboard. Usually, though, you have some sense that you’re nearing the end of the backup supply of rolls [...]

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According to Wikipedia, June is:

International People Skills Month
National Adopt-a-Cat Month
National Dairy Month
National Drive-Safe Month
National Gay Pride Month
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
National Iced Tea Month
National Rivers Month
National Rose Month
National Safety Month
National Tennis Month
National Zoo and Aquarium Month

What they don’t mention is that June is, apparently, National Way Too Many Things To Do Month. Or maybe [...]

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Things haven’t been flowing smoothly today. First, my printer at work stopped working. Then—well, I’ve said I won’t blog about work and I think I should keep that promise. So I’ll be vague.
Let’s say you work in a place that has a lot of regulations. And one of the things necessary at said workplace is [...]

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My last pair of cleats crapped out at exactly this time last year. WTF? Why not wait until, say, November? Why fall apart in the middle of the busiest part of the season?
Note: the duct tape you see below is the only thing that keeps my toes from poking out the sides.

This year I sprung [...]

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