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Jerks of the Week: Jan. 19, 2015 JERK OF THE WEEK: Return to Parx Casino I absolutely cannot stand the casino they built around the corner from my house. I’ve mentioned it before; in fact, I wrote an entry several years ago on how I spent a miserable New Year’s Eve at Parx Casino –…

Jerks of the Week: Jan. 12, 2015 JERK OF THE WEEK: Chris Christie, Clorox, Gay Jokes What do Chris Christie, Clorox and I have in common? Both Christie and I are rotund gentlemen, but Clorox is obviously not. Christie and Clorox begin with the letter C, but I don’t. Clorox and I happen to be…

Jerks of the Week: Jan. 5, 2015 JERK OF THE WEEK: More Christmas Shopping I don’t know how many more years I can keep this up. I’m talking about Christmas, of course, and in particular, Christmas shopping. I feel like it’s rotting my brain every time I go to the mall and buy gifts for…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 29, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: 2014, Year in Review Back in 10th grade, I took a computer class in which they taught us how to use this new technology called a “word processor.” It was pretty revolutionary stuff. You’d type things on a keyboard, and it would appear on…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 22, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Jerks of Christmas Shopping, 2014 I was watching TV one evening when a hilarious trailer for a movie came on. I had seen it before, but I wasn’t sure if my girlfriend did. I told her to take a look, and she laughed at…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 15, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Idiots at the Gym I have an update on someone I wrote about a couple of months ago. If you’re fat and lazy like me, and you don’t feel like clicking the link, there’s this 70-year-old man at my gym who talks about how…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 8, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Septa Train Zombies I have an extremely difficult commute to work every morning. Once I describe my process to you, tears will uncontrollably cascade out of your eyes upon learninghow taxing my daily routine is: 1. I get out of bed at the crack…

Jerks of the Week: Dec. 1, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Lifeguard Training Day I usually write my Jerks of the Week entries on Thursdays. With Thanksgiving coming up, I decided to write an entry in advance so I wouldn’t have to compile anything while drunk or hung over from the tryptophan. I went back…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 24, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Too Many Cooks It takes a lot to make a stew. A pinch of salt and laughter too. A scoop of kids to add the spice. A dash of love to make it nice, and you’ve got too many Cooks. Too many Cooks. Too…

Jerks of the Week: Nov. 17, 2014 JERK OF THE WEEK: Halloween and Orange Juice I didn’t do the usual this Halloween. The usual is waiting for my doorbell to ring, waddling my fat a** to the door and handing candy to kids – and then making fun of them and their parents in Jerks…