Marissa the Cat Lady

Jerks of the Week – July 22, 2024

Jerks of the Week: July 22, 2024 Jerk of the Week: Marissa the Cat Lady Some of you may have heard of “Jerks of the Week.” Wait, hold on, all of you have heard of “Jerks of the Week” because you’re currently reading a Jerks of the Week entry. Silly me. I will guarantee that…
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Chik-fil-A

Jerks of the Week – July 15, 2024

Jerks of the Week: July 15, 2024 Jerk of the Week: Jerks of the Filet My 2-year-old son’s favorite food is “chicken and French fries.” Whenever my wife and I ask him what he wants for lunch, dinner, or his bedtime snack, his answer is almost always “chicken and French fries.” Sometimes we’ll get a…
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Jerks of the Week – July 8, 2024

Jerk of the Week: Jeff Hoogland Many of you reading this may not know who Jeff Hoogland is. If that’s the case, consider yourself fortunate. Hoogland is a streamer of Magic: The Gathering and other card games. Now, before you roll your eyes and say, “Walt, why are you talking about a card game played…
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Jerks of the Week

Jerks of the Week – July 1, 2024

Jerk of the Week: Paper or Paper? I will never support a company that says that it’s “going green.” Never. I will avoid their products at all cost, no matter how much I may like them. If you don’t believe me, I began a boycott of Red Lobster once they stopped advertising on my favorite…
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Jerks of the Week – June 24, 2024

Jerk of the Week: My Son’s Trip to the Dentist I’m going to ask you a question. See if you can come up with the correct answer. Here it is: How much did my son’s trip to the dentist cost? I’ve asked this question to many people, and I’ve gotten all sorts of responses. Of…
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Sour Look Girl

Jerks of the Week – June 17, 2024

Jerk of the Week: The Sour Look Girl I had a different Jerks of the Week entry planned for today. I was going to discuss my son’s first trip to the dentist, and all the madness that ensued with it. However, I will be saving that for next week because of a video that surfaced…
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Jerks of the College Years

Jerks of the Week – June 10, 2024

Jerk of the Week: Jerks of the Hometown Gym, Part 2 I’ve stated in previous Jerks of the Week entries that I had to cut down the word count from my new book, Jerks of the College Years. I began with 250,000 and sliced it to 54,000. This whole process took more than a decade….
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Jerks of the College Years

Jerks of the Week – June 3, 2024

Jerk of the Week: Jerks of the Hometown Gym I tricked you. This is another Cutting Room Floor entry in Jerks of the Week. You may not have clicked the link if you saw, “The Cutting Room Floor, Part 4,” but here you are. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, this is another…
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Jerks of the Week – May 27, 2024

Jerk of the Week: The Cutting Room Floor, Part 3 You probably guessed it – this is another entry where I share stories that didn’t quite make the cut in my book. And to those of you checking in for the first time in a while and missed me spamming promotions for my book, yes…
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McDonald's

Jerks of the Week – May 20, 2024

Jerk of the Week: The $12 McDonald’s Cheeseburger I used to go to McDonald’s all the time when I was a kid. My mom took me and my sister there on a weekly basis, but when my friends and I grew old enough to drive, I would venture there more frequently. As poor 16-year-olds and…
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