O Internet! To you I say Hey. If you have tattoos in prominent places, you know that people without tattoos will constantly ask you the same two questions: Did that hurt?This is kind of a dumb question, but you assume that what they’re really asking about is the degree of pain involved. As in, did that hurt more than an ...

Dudes, there is muchmuchmuch I want to talk about, and very little time to do so. Therefore, I will abbreviate some words, and remove some others completely. Last Thursday, I went to the doctor for my very first insurance-funded appointment in four years, hooray! We had pre-greenie dinner at Suzi’s, a restaurant whose past service abuses I was all ready ...

DUDES TOMORROW IS MY BIRTHDAY! …which also means this here journal will be five years old. Whoa. Last night, I hopped on the road at 3:45pm and despaired of ever getting to Clara City, Minnesota by 6:30, due to the fact that Hutchinson had declared Highway 7 a major inconvenience, and shut it down completely. After a massive detour, I ...

I’m back! South Dakota was so much fun. I’m pretty sure I saw all of Matt’s hometown, and his parents are awesome as always. Some of the highlights: the massage chairs at the Watertown mall the Dakota Sioux Casino, where we played hockey slots and swing-danced to country in the lounge the Harbor Bar, where all I could do was ...