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Jerk of the Week: The Elusive Ankle X-Ray I constantly joke about how obese I am in these Jerks of the Week entries, but the truth of the matter is that I haven’t been super fat most of the time. I’ve joked about it in self-deprecating fashion because I used to be extremely fit when…

Jerk of the Week: The Samauri and the Auctioneer If you don’t have kids, you may not know that they get extremely moody and whiney sometimes. And I’m not even referring to teenagers who think their parents are spawns of Satan after being grounded for the weekend. My kids, Conrad and Lilly, are four and…

Jerk of the Week: The Whacky Pizza Party Someone once told me that they lived vicariously through my Jerks of the Week tales. Of course, this was long ago when I used to frequent bars with my friends. I was in my late 20s back then, and I lived within walking distance of my local…

Jerk of the Week: The Potter Room and the $40,000 Business Proposal I can’t say I’m an avid Clue player. I loved the movie – it might actually be my favorite movie of all time – but the board game kind of sucks because it’s formulaic and no one really knows how to play it…

Jerk of the Week: Nala, but Not from the Lion King We’ve had one of the longest and coldest winters in memory, but it’s finally over. The warm weather is here, and the clocks have moved backward, or forward, or sideways, I can’t remember which way. I guess I should look it up, but I’ve…

Jerk of the Week: Begone, William and Alan! My son has invented a new type of exercise and method of entertainment. Yes, I wrote “and” instead of “or” purposely, because it’s both. I first caught wind of this during my father-in-law’s surprise birthday party, which we hosted at my house. Following dinner and dessert, my…

Jerk of the Week: The Elusive Hot Dog When my wife told me that she had a winter wonderland festival at her church that she wanted me to attend one Saturday, I was concerned. I’m not a religious person, so I’ve seldom gone into houses of worships. I occasionally went to synagogues as a young…

Jerk of the Week: Are You Down with PCP? The health care system in America was never great, but I remember it being so much better when I was a young adult doing things on my own for the first time. I used to be able to schedule a routine doctor’s appointment and show up…

Jerk of the Week: For Here or to Go? I’ve written about countless restaurants in my near 17 years of maintaining Jerks of the Week. Whether it’s been the horrible service at Red Lobster, or the terribly ugly people at Andale, or the guy who came on to me at a local Italian place, there’s…