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Jerk of the Week: Line Picker Man I find that I’m able to go to the gym more often when my wife is mad at me. This didn’t matter three years ago when I didn’t have kids, but it does now, as I’m only able to work out on Fridays when my son spends time…

Jerk of the Week: The First Double Halloween It’s interesting how cyclical Halloween is. When you’re a kid, it’s the greatest holiday of the year. I couldn’t believe it the first time my mom told me about it. “You mean people give me candy for free?” I asked. “And all I have to do is…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 8: The Las Vegas Airport Miracle I’ve had far better experiences at the Las Vegas Airport than the Philadelphia International Airport. Of course, you probably could have guessed this because I’ve dedicated so many Jerks of the Week entries to my displeasure with the Philadelphia…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 7: Hot Tub Love There are a couple of things I haven’t discussed yet from my stay in Las Vegas. One was an advertisement near the Crystals shops. This advertisement befuddled a couple I was walking beside during a trip to dinner one evening. “Is…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 6: Bombs Away! When I used to come to Las Vegas with my wife, I would spend numerous days lounging by the pool. I had plenty of time to do this, given that we would be on vacation for about a week. After I got…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 5: The Cosmopolitan It’s the fifth part of my 2024 Vegas series, and I haven’t even discussed my hotel yet! It’s truly amazing how many jerks I ran into during my latest trip to Sin City. I used to stay at the Waldorf Astoria, which…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 4: The Caesars to Cosmo Trek I’ve never written this before in any of my Vegas entries, but I make a walk from Caesar’s Palace to the Cosmopolitan at least twice per trip. This is not me enjoying the scenery, which is difficult to do…

Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 3: The Best-Laid Dinner Plans There’s a famous quote that goes, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” I don’t quite know what the author of this quote, Robert Burns, had in mind when he wrote it, but he perhaps he was…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 23, 2024 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 2: Stranger Prices I like to get the tedious stuff out of the way whenever I go to Las Vegas. This entails signing up for the Supercontest the first morning I’m there, so I don’t have to worry…