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Jerks of the Week: Oct. 3, 2022 Jerk of the Week: A Very Crappy Day When people learn that I’ve recently become a father for the first time, the question I most hear in response is, “How do you like being a dad?” It’s incredible. It’s a lot of hard work, and I’m tired all…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 26, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 6: Part 6: People Who Wear Masks in Las Vegas This is the sixth entry in the Walt Goes to Vegas 2022 series. The first was about the Philadelphia International Airport and a flight attendant who believed in…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 19, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 5: The Misplaced Burger Place This is the fifth entry in the Walt Goes to Vegas 2022 series. The first was about the Philadelphia International Airport and a flight attendant who believed in corporal punishment. The second discussed…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 12, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 4: Bizarre People at the Pool This is the fourth entry in the Walt Goes to Vegas 2022 series. The first was about the Philadelphia International Airport and a flight attendant who believed in corporal punishment. The second…

Jerks of the Week: Sept. 5, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 3: The Most Ignored Man in the World This is the third entry in the Walt Goes to Vegas 2022 series. The first was about the Philadelphia International Airport and a flight attendant who believed in corporal punishment….

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 29, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 2: The Ballad of the Heat-Resistant Bag This is the second entry in the Walt Goes to Vegas 2022 series. The first was about the Philadelphia International Airport and a flight attendant who believed in corporal punishment. I…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 22, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Walt Goes to Vegas 2022, Part 1: Corporal Plane Punishment It’s the beginning of my annual summer Jerks of the Week feature: Walt Goes to Vegas! I’ve been doing this for nearly a decade, and I’ve always begun this series the same way, which…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 15, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Hot Tub Adventures: The Ocean, the Tricycle and Girls I’ve written about the weirdos in my LA Fitness hot tub on numerous occasions, but that’s all meaningless if you subscribe to the Eric Matthews mantra: “If you don’t have a picture, then you don’t…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 8, 2022 Jerk of the Week: Assassins, Astrology and Cheese Dogs I can’t believe this summer is almost over. It seemed like the 2022 NFL Draft was just yesterday. The end of that weekend sparks the commencement of summer for me, yet these past three months have flown by so…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 1, 2022 Jerk of the Week: 2022 Pandemic Preview: Monkeypox I’ve been running this Web site for nearly 23 years. And in those 23 years, I’ve compiled so many NFL season previews. I began doing those in 2002, so counting this year’s season previews, that would be 21 years’ worth….