Humor

Jerk of the Week: Nala, but Not from the Lion King We’ve had one of the longest and coldest winters in memory, but it’s finally over. The warm weather is here, and the clocks have moved backward, or forward, or sideways, I can’t remember which way. I guess I should look it up, but I’ve…

Jerk of the Week: Begone, William and Alan! My son has invented a new type of exercise and method of entertainment. Yes, I wrote “and” instead of “or” purposely, because it’s both. I first caught wind of this during my father-in-law’s surprise birthday party, which we hosted at my house. Following dinner and dessert, my…

Jerk of the Week: The Elusive Hot Dog When my wife told me that she had a winter wonderland festival at her church that she wanted me to attend one Saturday, I was concerned. I’m not a religious person, so I’ve seldom gone into houses of worships. I occasionally went to synagogues as a young…

Jerk of the Week: Are You Down with PCP? The health care system in America was never great, but I remember it being so much better when I was a young adult doing things on my own for the first time. I used to be able to schedule a routine doctor’s appointment and show up…

Jerk of the Week: For Here or to Go? I’ve written about countless restaurants in my near 17 years of maintaining Jerks of the Week. Whether it’s been the horrible service at Red Lobster, or the terribly ugly people at Andale, or the guy who came on to me at a local Italian place, there’s…

Jerk of the Week: The Play Pad Birthday Bash My wife asked me a silly question the other day. “Do you want to take the kids with me to A.J.’s birthday party?” For context, A.J. is the son of one of our friends, and he was turning four. The party would be held at a…

Jerk of the Week: Andale My wife has a wild theory about mattress stores. “There’s just fronts for mob operations,” she said. “Have you ever seen anyone in a mattress store? I bet if you just watched a mattress store each day, you wouldn’t see more than one or two people go into it.” “Well,…

Jerk of the Week: The San Francisco Poop Patrol “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” – George Carlin I don’t like to begin articles of any sort, including Jerks of the Week entries, with a quote. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it,…

Jerk of the Week: Barbara Goes Wild I swim about a mile whenever I go to the gym, and I’ve been a member of six gyms since I began Jerks of the Week back in May 2009. I’m cheating a bit because four of those six gyms are different LA Fitnesses, but the fact remains…