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Photograph of the very first documented Cricket game. I have a strong, strong suspicion that no one actually understands the game of Cricket. Ever since inception, players have simply swung some things, thrown others and run around without purpose, pausing now and then to make bold claims that they have scored points, claims that go […]

As I tremble in stupid anticipation of my impending epidural, my mind turns to the last time my imagination was traumatized by an impending medical procedure. When I was around 7 years old, my father and I stopped one night to grab some tacos at Taco Bell. A week or so later, there was a […]

The world to me, most days, seems like the old NES video game, Paperboy – where my attempt to complete any simple task is thwarted by people who are not actual people, but rather moving pixels with only enough crudely constructed artificial intelligence to make themselves an obstacle. RC Cars, some asshole break-dancing, a dog, […]

I remember when I think it happened. I was playing basketball, one-on-one, and I was in a rare Dirk Nowitzki can-not-miss mode while playing much better defense than the my NBA reference. I had a bit of a throbbing pain in my inner thigh, but I told myself, “Just play through it, pussy. How many […]