Gamblers split tens

It’s 9:12 a.m. and I’ve already made breakfast, lost four games of chess, set my two teams for the fantasy championship, worked out, and started writing a blog post. This is exactly what I’d do every day if I didn’t have a job. Once I finish this, I’ll check in on...

Here's an excerpt from a post written by me in 2008. Typos left in. So it's 2am and I'm not tired so let me hit the blackjack tables. I join a table by myself and a couple of people join. Some fairly attracted "actress" from LA who I was chatting it up with although...

Buckle up. This is a story. PART 1 - Convince Me with Authority, Documentation, and Information I received the following phone call today: Hello this is Lt. Tim Campbell with the Bucks County Sheriff's Office, is this Mr. Sam Stortz? Not a great start. I confirmed my...

This Monday I had jury duty in Philadelphia. I promise my story won’t be as good as Sam’s, but it does involve weather incompetence, civic theater, and a sandwich incident. Jury duty was delayed two hours due to weather, which apparently didn’t reach about 50 people...

I don't post much about Trump despite having strong opinions on him. In short: He doesn't bother to disguise his corruption, hypocrisy, narcissism, and just generally being a bad person which has somehow worked in his favor, as everyone is numb to his actions. He's...

New to Newtown, I need a real gym. The one in my complex isn’t cutting it - barely any equipment, and I managed to hurt my knee the first time I stepped on their treadmill. I’m not risking it again on that rinky-dink piece of shit. There is a first-class, very...

Let me tell you a story. In June of 2023, fresh off a brilliant Broad Street Run, I was due to purchase new running shorts. For over a decade I'd primarily run in Eastbay shorts. In fact, I have an Eastbay receipt from 2014 where I spent $7.99 per pair. But this was...

11+ years ago I went to Europe for the first time. I remember walking off the plane and thinking, "I'm in Germany...it doesn't seem as different as I expected." This was my post back from 2014. Reading it now, I laugh at how it was me doing that traveling - how, at...

As a handyman, I’m a solid 5+. I can build desks and assemble shitty IKEA furniture. I’ve hammered thousands of handles onto brick hammers and ground thousands of rippers. But I’m not a tradesman - I don’t work with my hands every day in a way that makes me a true...