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I’m A Trekkie Again

by Brent on May 29, 2009

in Random

Back in the deep dark days of my childhood, before satellite, cable, or DVDs, back when even the VCR was just a gleam in some engineer’s eye, to be a science fiction fan was to be a Star Trek fan.

And for good reason…

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Stranded In Vegas

by Brent on July 27, 2008

in Adventures of the Author

The Quest for Toboggans has taken a slight, twenty-four hour and counting, hiatus as the intrepid Comma Clan find themselves indefinitely embedded within the Las Vegas Airport…

Not Quite Leaving Los Vegas

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People sometimes ask me how long it takes to write these posts, and I always give the same truthful answer:

Too long.

I really don’t want to boast for more than a couple hundred words or so, but the work of a serious humorist is not easy, it requires persistence, dedication, and obscene quantities of coffee.

And once you make it out of bed, it gets even more challenging…

The Sad Family Barely Holding Themsleves Together ~ the Ominous Comma

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Books I Haven’t Finished

by Brent on October 29, 2007

in Adventures of the Author

In the lustrous, halcyon days of my youth, in that long passed season when MTV played music and professional basketball players somehow survived without tattoos or bodyguards, in a time remembered largely for Reganomics and reckless fashion-sense, I used to read.

In fact, I used to read a lot.

At the risk of waxing boastful, let me to say that for the purpose of this story, a “lot” was measured not by the word, or by the page, but rather by the pound of printed material…

This is a really good book ~ the Ominous Comma

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