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Schwartz has been moping since Dano left for Europe on Thursday. For most of the weekend, he acted a bit concerned and stared out the front door for hours. It has definitely turned into full-blown depression as evidenced by the scene I walked into this evening.
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The summer between my second and third year of graduate school I decided I needed some extra cash. I had never worked in a restaurant before, but decided it was the best way to make a fast nickel. At 32, with no service industry experience, I knew better than to go to a chain restaurant or one with any real training program. So, I went to my favorite dive, Estrada's.

Estrada's sat on the outskirts of campus. During my undergrad years, the place was regularly packed on a nightly basis wi…

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Tonight I saw Daniel Tosh at the Funny Bone. I'm adding him to my list. He's right there next to Johnny Depp. Ol' Johnny has been on my list since the 21 Jump Street Days. He has mostly been there alone. Sure, there was that Jon Bon Jovi infatuation in the sixth grade, but I outgrew him (literal…

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So, I have some problems with being still. I'm just not so good with doing nothing. However, I have been feeling quite under the weather for the past three or four days with some sort of unbearable gastro-intestinal discomfort and as a result I have been doing a whole lot of nothing. This gastro-intestinal turmoil is nothing new to me. I live in a constant state of GI misery. I've suffered this affliction since childhood. You can ask my…

A.K.A. what my diet would solely consist of if only my metabolism allowed. If only!

-Corn dogs: the real kind right out of the fryer at a dirty fair
-Peanut butter and grape jelly sandwiches on Wonder Bread
-Bacon
-Swedish fish
-Movie popcorn with butter and salt
-Bacon
-Mozzarella sticks
-Soft pretzels with Tostitos cheese dip (medium)
-Chocolate covered pretzels
-Jeni's salty caramel ice cream
-Bacon…