Category Archives: Personal

Yo Filing

* Employers have called me, “Yo Filing”, because whenever they ask me what I’m doing, I look up from Facebook and say, “Yo, filing.” * If a crank is somebody you’d be embarrassed to introduce your mother to, then I … Continue reading

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How Do I Become A Good Uncle?

I’ll be in Australia May 27 to June 13 and I’ll hope to see my nieces for the first time in 14 years. How do I become a good uncle? I fear I’ve been lacking in this department. My friends … Continue reading

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Conspiracy Theories

* I can hear my Uncle Val telling me from beyond the grave — “Keep your bowels open and your mouth shut!” He was a communist. The Fords are genetically attracted to marginal unpopular conspiracy theories because they prove to … Continue reading

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I Love Role-Playing Games

When I’ve had girlfriends, we’d sometimes pretend to be somebody else in some weird situation with a dramatic power disparity. In these games, I got to pretend to be very powerful. Sometimes, we invoked certain gender and ethnic stereotypes to … Continue reading

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If I Found A Good Job, I Wouldn’t Mind Moving Back To Australia

I’ll be visiting Brisbane, QLD, from May 27 to June 13.

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