by Sam Stortz | Jan 17, 2024 | General |
In 7th grade, a kid named Matt used to call me flat-head. He was, by all definitions, a bully. In math class, he would sit at the desk behind me, put his feet on the back of my desk, and shake my desk as much as he could. One day, after enough torment, I stabbed down...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 14, 2024 | General |
Driving around, my brain randomly thought about my first job. I was hired as a student assistant with the Upper Dublin maintenance crew. I was paid $5.75 an hour and my job was expendable. In fact, I was more of a detriment than an asset. Consider the time I was sent...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 11, 2024 | General |
Press the button. *Blank Copy Produced* Hand the copy to a person. Smile while doing it. That’s the task that has made this little man proud. Without a sense of fulfillment, we have nothing. Every human has a different level of self satisfaction that keeps them...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 4, 2024 | General |
Twitter is abuzz over the Epstein Files being released. I read through the first 90 pages or so and it’s mostly Ghislaine Maxwell saying that she doesn’t know of any conduct with underage girls. The other 900 pages sound like they find some dirt on Bill...
by Tom Stortz | Jan 3, 2024 | General |
2022 Post | 2021 Post | 2020 Post | 2019 Post For the 5th year running, I present the money post. It’s funny as I read the prior year and wonder what I’m gathering from this exercise. One advantage is it tracks what I do. I look back and say, “oh...
by Sam Stortz | Jan 2, 2024 | General |
Conor McGregor, to much public anticipation, just announced his next fight. On a note of equal importance, I am officially announcing my second lifetime marathon as the Eugene Marathon on Sunday, April 28th! The Goal The marathon is tricky! The exciting part is that...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 27, 2023 | General |
I saw this sign in a parking lot. There are two ways to look at this. The Ways The Simpleton – Electric cars are better for the environment and they should get preferential treatment to gas cars. It’s a mass incentivization to save the planet. This is a...
by Tom Stortz | Dec 27, 2023 | General |
As a small business owner that has 289 reviews and 4.9 rating, I know what I’m talking about on how to run a business. I know even more about bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches than I do about roofing tools. This establishment in Northern Liberties / Fishtown is...
by Sam Stortz | Dec 26, 2023 | General |
In the past 28 hours I consumed the entirety of Chuck Klosterman’s Eating the Dinosaur, a 2009 collection of pop culture essays. I did this via Spotify’s audiobooks section which I did not know existed until yesterday (it’s been available for two...
by Sam Stortz | Dec 21, 2023 | General |
I was going to comment on Tom’s post but decided to make my own instead. What was I going to comment? I saw the boat video too and social media has trained my first instinct to be ‘that’s not real’. I would bet my life that there’s...
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