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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…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 16, 2024 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2024, Part 1: The Philadelphia International Airport It wouldn’t be a true Walt Goes to Vegas series if I didn’t cite a conversation I had with a former dear friend of mine about the Philadelphia International Airport. I often criticize…

If you’ve followed this site for a while, you might remember that I like to respond to my spam mails. It all started eight years ago, when a man named Jon Wire from the “United Bank of Africoan” promised me an ATM card of some sort, so I responded as a man named Mister Compassion…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 9, 2024 Jerk of the Week: Jace is on the Case! My son goes to the same daycare/day camp I used to go to as a child. While I initially reminisced about the actual daycare/camp itself, I’ve recently begun thinking about those I considered friends early in my life. Whenever…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 2, 2024 Jerk of the Week: The Return of Shameless Self-Promotion I used to be in a fantasy football league with this girl a long time ago. While other people in that league came up with creative team names, I would always just call myself “WalterFootball.com.” When I announced that…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 19, 2024 Jerk of the Week: The CVS Maid’s Tale I don’t get to leave the house very much these days. Then again, I didn’t go out very much in the past either. Back when I was single and childless, I would go to the gym every day and the…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 12, 2024 Jerk of the Week: The Surprise Summer Birthday I was always envious of kids who had their birthday during the school year. Their moms would bring in Munchkins from Dunkin Donuts for everyone, and the entire class would treat them as if they were royalty. As someone who…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 5, 2024 Jerk of the Week: My Daughter’s First Trip to the Beach I wasn’t sure how I was going to spend my first Father’s Day with two children. I imagined it would involve sleeping in. I get about only four hours of sleep per night because I’m taking care…