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Posted by on Aug 23, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 8 comments

Would You Park in a Handicapped Space?

 

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It’s 10:15 on a Saturday night, and I can’t find a parking space.

My restaurant of choice closes in 15 minutes.  I haven’t eaten all day.  I’m starving.  I want Thai food.  Problem is, there’s no place to park my rental car within a quarter-mile in any direction.  Suddenly, I seem to get lucky.

There’s a spot!  It’s empty!

Wait, not so fast.

It’s a handicapped space.  Shit!

Hmm, let me think about this situation for a moment.  Hey, I don’t see any handicapped people around.  I mean, it’s not like someone in a wheelchair is going to show up at this late hour, right?

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Posted by on Aug 21, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Travel | 4 comments

A Mouthful of Ants and a Fast Boat to Nowhere

 

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With poker commentator Dave Tuchman on our fast boat to nowhere, out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

 

My morning began with a mouthful of ants.

By mid-afternoon, on a fast boat to nowhere out in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, I rescued a dead fish.

Ten hours, one bottle of cheap wine, and a dozen overpriced cocktails later, by 2 am, I was pacing the sidewalk out in front of a downtown art gallery like a vagrant, screaming profanities through a plate-glass window at shitty paintings being sold at mind-numbing prices.

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Posted by on May 13, 2015 in Blog, Personal, Politics, Travel | 3 comments

How to Get Out of a Traffic Ticket

 

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This is the first article in a two-part series.

Within the past ten years, I’ve been pulled over a dozen times for various traffic violations.

On exactly half of those occasions, a citation was written out and I ended up paying a fine.  The other half, I was let go with just a verbal warning and told to be more careful.

Question:  What do you think was the single biggest determining factor between being ticketed by the police versus given a warning?  Take your time.  You’ll probably never guess.

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