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Jerks of the Week: Dec. 28, 2020 Jerks of the Week: One Big Happy Family I find myself lucky if I can squeeze in a workout on Monday during football season. My Sundays and Tuesdays are packed with watching games and writing about them, respectively, while Monday is all about preparation for the upcoming week….

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 21, 2020 Jerks of the Week: The 20th Anniversary That Never Was Did you know that Facebook messenger changed its sound notification? It used to be a sharp-pitched ping, and now it’s a lower-based bloop. I know this quite well because it’s all I hear all day. Bloop. Bloop. Bloop….

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 14, 2020 Jerks of the Week: The Voting Sticker and the Lockdown Hypocrites My wife and I had quite the voting experience on Election Day. We went to our designated voting area around 11 a.m. to vote for our candidates of choice. We heard rumors of extremely long lines everywhere,…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 7, 2020 Jerks of the Week: Joey and the Diaper-Trained Duck I often hear the following sentiment from people: I’m staying off Facebook because there are too many political posts. I swear, I’ve heard this from hundreds of people over the years. I never understood it. Why does someone saying…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 30, 2020 Jerks of the Week: Double Belly Button Man I was recently shocked when I learned that there was either a Web site or a Facebook group that openly criticized people for not wearing masks in public. This site or group posts pictures of maskless people in order to…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 23, 2020 Jerks of the Week: The Most Cowardly Man on the Planet Some won’t believe me, but there have been some positive things to come out of the pandemic. For example, it got many people to invest in the stock market, and those who bought GameStop shares will soon…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 16, 2020 Jerks of the Week: Barbara and the Starving Child We have some loons in my neighborhood. I’ve been living in Walnut Grove since 2010, which has given me 10 great years of writing about these crazy people. I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be living here –…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 9, 2020 Jerks of the Week: Halloween 2020 It hadn’t dawned on me that Halloween could be canceled this year until I got an e-mail from someone in my NextDoor group, asking if they needed to buy candy for Halloween. Oh yeah, the so-called pandemic. I almost forgot about it!…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 2, 2020 Jerks of the Week: InvestScorpio The pandemic has changed everything. Think about how much different your life is right now. Going to bars late at night is no longer an option in most places. You’re forced to wear a cumbersome and ineffective mask everywhere. If you’re a student,…

Jerks of the Week: Oct. 26, 2020 Jerks of the Week: FilipinoCupid.com Last April, I wrote a Jerks of the Week entry entitled, AsianDating.com, where I revealed that someone signed me up for that Web site because they believed I have a fetish for Asian men. I received queries from these Asian men, desperate for…