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Charl(ie)…

Posted on December 5, 2013 by donofalltrades

Summers in St. Louis can be oppressively hot. Even under the best of conditions, such as while wearing a loose t-shirt, shorts and flip flops, the humidity still clings to you like a thick fog you can’t see, but it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Police Stories, Stories, The not meant to be funny stuff, Uncategorized | 34 Comments

The buddhists are ruining christmas for christians…

Posted on December 3, 2013 by donofalltrades

I have no desire to criticize my daughter’s orthodontist because he’s my wife’s cousin and he put my daughter in a set of braces for a price that can’t be beat. Her teeth were all over the place when he … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged Apple, christmas, dads, gifts, humor, iPad, kids, lying | 79 Comments

Finish the sentence friday again. you tube clips so that’s cool, right?

Posted on November 21, 2013 by donofalltrades

Well alright, it’s another Finish The Sentence Friday and I’ve Finished Several Bud Light Limes watching the Blues play, so I’m going to participate again. You bloggers should join us sometime. I do it now, so it’s obviously pretty cool. … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged bud light lime, chris farley, Finish the sentence Friday, funny, holiday, humor, thanksgiving | 54 Comments

The beautiful fox…

Posted on November 20, 2013 by donofalltrades

I saw a fox as I was driving and it was neat. I pulled to the side of the road and exited my car. The fox looked at me with a cocked head. I followed the fox into the woods. … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged fiction, foxes, funny, humor, Poetry, stories, stupid | 39 Comments

Can’t think of a funny title because this is just one of those dumb posts to be posting…

Posted on November 20, 2013 by donofalltrades

I was feeling burned out (burnt out?) on this blogging stuff Monday, but feel pretty ok about sneaking a shitty, ill-conceived post right up your big fat reader today. Lucky you, right? My desire to blog vacillates from day to … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged brain farts, brain lapse, cat memes, cats, forgetfulness, government work, humor, promotions, testing, work | 32 Comments

Why suburbanite hunters make me chuckle…

Posted on November 18, 2013 by donofalltrades

I was too lazy to write anything new, plus I think I’m having one of those “I’m losing interest in writing blog posts spells right now,” but here’s an old one from back when I had seven readers. It’s hunting … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Uncategorized | Tagged humor, hunt, hunters, hunting, outdoors, ron white, sport | 7 Comments

FTSF – still shocked my wife said yes!

Posted on November 15, 2013 by donofalltrades

Alright, it’s time for another Finish the Sentence Friday post and I’m playing! This one sort of sucks. The sentence that is asked to be finished is this: When it comes to my past relationships, my partner/spouse thinks… Ha! Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dating, FTSF, love, marriage, relationships | 65 Comments

Lots of stuff and a monday funday with G$…

Posted on November 12, 2013 by donofalltrades

When I’m extremely swamped and frustrated at work, I sometimes like to distract myself from doing actual work by whipping out quick posts about nothing in particular so I feel as though I’ve accomplished something. Here’s another one of those … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged bonding, dads, day's off, humor, Lone Elk Park, off days, Parenting, stories, vacation, World Bird Sanctuary | 61 Comments

My favorite veteran…

Posted on November 11, 2013 by donofalltrades

Today is Veteran’s Day in the good ole’ US of A. Americans take the weekend to reminisce about loved ones, friends and strangers who served or are still serving in the military. I use to regret that I never did … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Stories, Uncategorized | Tagged bonding, dads, death, family, grandpa, Navy, soldier, veteran, Veteran's Day | 51 Comments

Siri was a cat before she was a bitch inside your iPhone and I’ll soon be rich…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by donofalltrades

For reasons I’ve never pestered my parents about, I left my perfectly fine public school from second through fifth grade to attend a Catholic school. I went back to the public school to finish up my grade school learnin’ in … Continue reading →