Monthly Archives: August 2013

More fried chicken palace adventures and ANOTHER blog win!!…

Posted on August 28, 2013 by donofalltrades

One of my favoritest people in the blogging world, Molly, (seriously, she comes from circus stock!  Go read her stuff, she’s fantastic.) , reminded me of this old post wherein I regaled readers with stories from the fried chicken palace. For … Continue reading →

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On cottage cheese and being run over by a jeep…

Posted on August 26, 2013 by donofalltrades

What a stupid title for a post.  Forgive me, friends, but I’m at work (shhhhhhh!) trying to squeeze in a post real quick.  Normally the work computer won’t allow me to access my own blog to edit or create new … Continue reading →

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Little aggravations and the death of the school birthday snack…

Posted on August 23, 2013 by donofalltrades

I am by and large a fairly laid back and patient person.  I coach little league without flying off the handle too easily and I’ve never kicked my puppy or son for pissing all over the carpet in a fit … Continue reading →

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Sexy male bloggers and Mr. November…

Posted on August 22, 2013 by donofalltrades

Congrats, ladies, you can ogle me and the other men of WordPress in our sexy male blogger calendar! Well, it’s unofficial and mostly just one man’s opinion, but he’s a pretty smart man.  Check it out. http://brownroadchronicles.com/2013/08/22/the-men-of-wordpress-calendar/ Maybe some of … Continue reading →

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The freshly pressed honeymoon is over…

Posted on August 20, 2013 by donofalltrades

Let’s get this over with, shall we? I’m told I must do the obligatory post Freshly Pressed post, so here it is. Thank you to everyone who read and commented on the post. I’ve tried to respond to all of … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the jane q. public i wrote those tickets to…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by donofalltrades

Dear Jane Q. Public: I recently became aware that you took a few minutes out of your life to send an online complaint to my Department’s Internal Affairs Division because you were upset that I would not listen to your … Continue reading →

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Tear free soccer? Let’s hope so…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by donofalltrades

Several moons ago I coached Ace’s soccer team.  I played soccer my entire life and even enjoyed a soccer scholarship in college, so it was my hope that Ace would enjoy playing it as much as I did. This was … Continue reading →

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How ‘you people’ caused me to incite a mini race riot…

Posted on August 12, 2013 by donofalltrades

My first regular patrol partner and I both joined the police department at about the same time. When we started, we were both green and inexperienced, but, out of necessity, we rode together a lot.  Ideally, very new officers would … Continue reading →

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Just writing SOMETHING, oh, and maybe run another 1/2 marathon.

Posted on August 9, 2013 by donofalltrades

For the love of fuck, I just can’t seem to jump start my brain into conjuring up anything funny, creative, meaningful, stupid, or even mediocre, to write lately. I’ve scrapped numerous shitty blog posts that I’d started because if the … Continue reading →

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Cujo

Posted on August 1, 2013 by donofalltrades

Hey Blogdramedy, I obviously missed the boat on playing this time around, but I wanted to ask you if this sort of post would have been ok.  Could you have tolerated 10 days of woofing from 10 different dogs? ————————————————————————————- … Continue reading →

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