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If you’ve followed this site for a while, you might remember that I like to respond to my spam mails. It all started eight years ago, when a man named Jon Wire from the “United Bank of Africoan” promised me an ATM card of some sort, so I responded as a man named Mister Compassion…

Jerk of the Week: Return of the Q When I write about someone I see at a store, a mall, or a restaurant I don’t frequent often, I never think I’ll discuss that person again during a later Jerks of the Week entry. On the rare occasions when I’m able to do this, it feels…

Jerk of the Week: The Mina Kimes Fanboy Club Anyone who has read my NFL Picks page over the years knows that I love posting hate mail I receive for my picks, or really anything else. We’ve gotten some epic hate mail over the years, including some from someone who went by the name of…

Jerk of the Week: The Michaels 4Ts A week ago, I wrote about how one of my checks was forged. Someone going by the name of Darius Miller intercepted a check I sent to my healthcare company for $1,400 or so, and he copied the check and made it out to that name. This has…

Jerk of the Week: Darius Miller I’ve had a frustrating summer. It began when I noticed an odd payment on one of my credit cards. Someone apparently booked a cruise on my primary credit card. I thought there was a chance that this was my wife accidentally using my credit card instead of hers to…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 11, 2025 Jerk of the Week: Please Wear Your Hazmat Suit I’ve been trolling people for a long time. It’s been so long that it predates the word “trolling” itself. I believe my first instance of trolling occurred when I was in second grade. I spent all of one recess…

Jerks of the Week: Aug. 4, 2025 Jerk of the Week: The Tale of Two Supermarkets Grocery shopping was so simple when I was a bachelor. I recall one time when I was hanging out with a group of friends one evening. After we ate at Saladworks, I told them I had to pick up…

Jerk of the Week: The Broken Gearshift I’ve often described myself as the most libertarian person you’ll ever meet. Many, particularly the mouth-breathers on Reddit, believe that I’m some right-wing loon, but I would describe myself as a libertarian loon. I think everything should be legal, and I would love to abolish the federal government….

Jerk of the Week: The Gym Model It dawned on me recently that I haven’t seen some people I know from the gym since the beginning of the Covid era. An easy example is a very old lady I used to see with her son. This woman was definitely in her late 80s or perhaps…

Jerk of the Week: No Hats Allowed! I moved into my current home in the summer of 2010. Throughout the past 15 years, I’ve made fun of some of the kids in the neighborhood in Jerks of the Week, partly because I’ve been gypped by them. I realize, by the way, that “gypped” is a…