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I can comfortably say that I got through St. Pat’s weekend with no casualties and with as little hatred as possible. Don’t get me wrong, there were multiple idiots that I genuinely wanted to choke out, but by the standards … Continue reading →

Let me start this week by going back to last week’s column. I just wanted to make it known that the final paragraph of my last piece was meant to be strictly funny and ironic nothing more, nothing less. No … Continue reading →

Locally, we are undergoing the annual switch from the peak season to the off-season; however, this year has been a little bit more complicated and awkward for me than most. You’d think that since this is the 26th time I’ve … Continue reading →

This has been an ongoing piece in which I introduce the ‘cast of characters’ – and by that I mean some of the stereotypes that I witness every night while working in a bar in a seasonal beach resort town. … Continue reading →

I got a whole lot of feedback after Part 1 of this piece, so I’m going to keep it rolling. This column is, always has been, and will continue to be essentially an autobiographical, humorous look at life through my … Continue reading →

We’ll aptly title this show, ‘the summer of 2014’. The setting –  a busy bar in a beach resort town (sound familiar yet?) The cast of characters – a surreal collection of miscreants that never cease to amaze while simultaneously … Continue reading →

I’m going to pick up right where I left off with this story from last week because there is still plenty to tell. First though, let me explain that I didn’t mean to come off in Part 1 as if … Continue reading →

With the exception of a handful of unrelated short stories last week, I’ve been trying to keep up with giving you my running commentary on the summer of 2014. The early weeks of this new season were at worst, demoralizing, … Continue reading →

I had several fun things that happened recently that I will share with you this week. Individually none of them are enough for a full column, so this week’s column will be a collection of short anecdotes from my life, … Continue reading →