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Jerks of the Week: April 3, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Things Wrong with My Son’s Favorite Movies My son is an addict, and I only have myself to blame. Some of you reading this will likely sympathize with me. Perhaps you have a loved one who is addicted to something as well. It could…

Jerks of the Week: March 27, 2023 Jerk of the Week: No Cleavage, Just Masks It’s kind of crazy that I’ve been writing Jerks of the Week for almost 15 years. It all started in 2009 when I was frustrated that a girl I liked chose to go to a barbeque over a wedding with…

Jerks of the Week: March 20, 2023 Jerk of the Week: A Fat Friend Ninety-nine percent of the time, the stories written in Jerks of the Week are about strange people I’ve encountered. I don’t know why, but jerks are just drawn to me. On the rare occasions in which I think I’m going to…

Jerks of the Week: March 13, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Dinner at Red Lobster I was a weird kid. When my family and I would go to Red Lobster during my childhood, I would collect my dad’s discarded crab legs. I don’t know why I wanted them, and I don’t know what I did…

Jerks of the Week: March 6, 2023 Jerk of the Week: The Worst Teachers I’ve Ever Had, Part 2 I wrote about the worst teachers Inhad in middle school and high school last week, so it’s time to turn to my college years. Well, it’s almost time. After writing up the first part in this…

Jerks of the Week: Feb. 27, 2023 Jerk of the Week: The Worst Teachers I’ve Ever Had, Part 1 I have to say that my faith in humanity has been restored. In fairness, it shouldn’t have wavered very much, but I spend too much time on Twitter reading posts from sock-puppet accounts like JoJo from…

Jerks of the Week: Feb. 20, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Dumb Cat Ladies on Twitter I miss the days when Twitter was great. Of course, I’m referring to the recent 2-week window when everyone first learned that Elon Musk was going to buy Twitter. Suddenly, all restrictions were lifted, allowing anyone to say whatever…

Jerks of the Week: Feb. 13, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Blaster Master Before you old-school video game players begin yelling at me, the Jerk of the Week in question in this entry is not the real Blaster Master. That was a terrific Nintendo game with some amazing music that has been remixed brilliantly in…

Jerks of the Week: Feb. 6, 2023 Jerk of the Week: My British Enemies This may sound strange coming from a citizen of the British Empire, but I haven’t trusted the British since the War of 1812. No one ever saw it coming, given that Americans had just beaten the British in the Revolutionary War….

Jerks of the Week: Jan. 30, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Miss Exotic Invention I’ve referenced Giant Bean Stock Lady many times in Jerks of the Week over the past couple of years. It’s been difficult not to do so. My interactions with Giant Bean Stock Lady have been the craziest conversations I’ve ever had…