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Jerks of the Week: May 1, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Altitude Trampoline Park My niece Mila’s 6-year-old birthday was on a recent Sunday. This was a nostalgic event for me because the earliest birthday of mine that I can remember was my 6-year-old party. I recall being at Chuck E. Cheese and playing all…

Jerks of the Week: April 24, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Everything is Worse Forgive me for sounding like the boomer that I am, but things used to be so much better long ago. Of course, that may sound silly to say because there was no Internet when I was a kid, but I feel…

Jerks of the Week: April 17, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Going to See the Super Mario Bros. Movie Ask most people what the biggest disappointment of their childhood was, and they’ll probably tell you that it was when they were told that Santa Claus isn’t real. Others may say that discovering that grown-ups truly…

Jerks of the Week: April 10, 2023 Jerk of the Week: Supermarket Lines I sometimes jot down notes in my Jerks of the Week Word document so I can write a Jerks of the Week entry about that topic in the future. I’ve been writing Jerks of the Week entries for 14 years, so as…

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…