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The Other White Meat

by Brent on January 13, 2010

in Adventures of the Author

Recently, while wandering the highways and byways of Tennessee in search of a snack, I found a unique dining establishment.
Not a hole in the wall or a greasy spoon, but a really upscale eatery, featuring a cuisine unmatched in the western hemisphere.
Which is probably a good thing.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad to have fine [...]

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With my last foray into Quasi-Shakespearean Home Maintenance Verse having done so much to raise the cultural density of this otherwise highly penetrable site, my first thought upon completing my latest household chore was of course: “There must be someone who would have done this for $8 an hour.”

My second thought was to celebrate my victory over domestic labor in bold Bard-worthy form…

Bouquet for a fallen foe

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Like a homesick camel plodding through the arid wastelands of American finance, the Buck-O-Quest Economic Survival Series staggers on past the once-thought insurmountable limits of my attention span, to its long awaited end, providing readers with one last dose of hope, inspiration, and questionable financial advice…

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Today our economic survival series Buck-O-Quest rolls on like the mighty Mississippi River: slowly, majestically, and with a distinct lack of clarity.

We will begin with more Concerned Reader correspondence…

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Welcome to the second installment of Buck-O-Quest, the surprisingly continuous series dedicated to the stumbling U.S. economy and what you as a potentially impacted citizen can do to recover yourself out from underneath its ominously descending bulk.

We will begin today’s missive with a conveniently timed letter from one of our concerned readers…

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Say No To FM

by Brent on January 4, 2008

in Commentary

A general rule that has served me well over the years is that anything capable of smiling probably doesn’t belong on the menu…

Smiling Snacks

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