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Home Improvement Tip: Replacing a Water Heater
18 April 06 04:30 PM | Jason Looney | 5 Comments   
Yesterday, after enduring weeks of erratically lukewarm water, I submitted a ServiceMagic request for estimates on replacing our 40 gallon water heater. We’ve been having trouble with the stupid thing for a while now, and since it recently reached Read More...
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A Feeling of Power, For a Dollar
12 October 05 02:15 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Tonight’s Powerball drawing is for $240 million. I mention this to you now, because tomorrow, when I’m worth $240 million, I probably won’t talk to you any more. I’ve played the Powerball many times in my life, even though doing Read More...
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I Can Still Fit In My High School Casket
16 September 05 02:30 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
"You would be just as married without a big fancy wedding," we are told. But the thing we're never told — the thing no one ever says — is, "That dead guy over there will be just as dead without a fancy casket." We don't buy the fancy caskets Read More...
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Fitty
12 August 05 08:00 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Last weekend I unleashed my golf skills on an unwitting golf course named Ute Creek. (Side note: Despite having lived in a subdivision named “Spring Valley at Ute Creek” for three years now, I have no idea how to pronounce this odd little Read More...
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I'm Your Boy
15 July 05 06:30 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Dear Makers of Products, If you have a product that you are trying to sell, please send one to me. For I give you my word: If you send me a free product, I will seriously consider writing about it. You have nothing to lose, really. If I like your product, Read More...
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Big Spender
13 June 05 02:00 PM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
Now that I’m a grown man (and get, like, a paycheck and stuff), I like to throw my money around. Sometimes I’ll make two packages of Ramen. That’s right, TWO. Other times I’ll make a meal of Little Debbie’s 25¢ snack cakes. Read More...
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Penny Serenade
08 June 05 06:45 AM | Jason Looney | 2 Comments   
If you ask me, “A penny for your thoughts?” you should be ready for a weird thought or two. More importantly, you should also be ready to give up that penny. I’ve always taken the penny thing quite literally, for I believe we should be men of our word, Read More...
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Passing Bucks and Gas
25 May 05 08:30 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
My wife and I celebrated our eighth anniversary last night. Each year around this time we like to reflect on our accomplishments, our relationship, and all the various manners of passive aggression we're using to destroy each other's hopes of happiness. Read More...
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The Spoils of Warhol
12 May 05 07:30 AM | Jason Looney | 0 Comments   
Let’s play another round of “Which Way Should We Take It?” News Item : “One of Andy Warhol's 13 silkscreens of Elizabeth Taylor has sold at auction for $12.6 million.” Ways We Could Take It : Headline: Some Insane Apparently Read More...
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Decorative Wood, Miter Cuts, and Staples
23 February 05 06:15 AM | Jason Looney | 1 Comments   
M y wife and I packed up the kids a couple of weekends ago and made our way to a "starving artist" art sale in Fort Collins. These sales are a great way to find affordable art, especially art hand-painted by individuals lacking a basic understanding of Read More...