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Well, I did it this summer — I swam.
Two years ago, I wrote about how I had barely swam in my family's swimming pool for about 20 years — basically since I became a reporter — because I'm just too...
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I remember very well where I was when the 9/11 attacks began: asleep.
My sister woke me up that morning to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I groggily told her that it...
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A couple of weeks ago, my sisters came over to hang out with my wife — yep, you read that right.I didn’t hang out.My sisters know that I’ll always retire from any family gatherings to watch the news,...
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Tomatoes were good this summer — the cherry purple Cherokee were a delight, some orange-colored Japanese heirloom ones were awesome, and boar's tooth are the most underrated tomato out there.
But ...
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This past week saw the end of something incredible in the Guti-verse.
Late last year, a fan said they were willing to donate 2,500 tacos so I could commission original stories for my website.
H...
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I try not to get TOO jargon-y here...eh, who am I kidding?
As I've said before, if this here journalism thing doesn't work out, I'm going to become an etymo...
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“What does FAMOUS COMEDIAN have against you?” my compadre texted me.
“Um, nothing?” I replied.
I mean, why would FAMOUS COMEDIAN have beef with me? We ha...
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Although I've read my entire life, I remember the first time I got wowed by a story.
It was an article in Sports Illustrated, which I have previously credit...
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If you worked at OC Weekly in the early 2000s to mid-2000s, you knew about The Training.
It was some self-realization program that the boss swore by, and tr...
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Years and years and years ago, my mom taught me how to sew.
Now that I’m thinking about this, I think it was in the year after the death of my Papa Je. I re...
Gentle cabrones:This canto is a bit late.I originally wanted to send it out on Wednesday, so I could offer something original, something with a far better chance of folks reading ...
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