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Dad’s Old Ski Gear Causes a Stink
“You stink.” No, it wasn’t an old hockey coach griping about my lousy shot, but another person of high esteem. My wife, Hun, pinched her nostrils while Kate sprang for the Lysol®. “It’s bad. The dogs howl and the cats … Continue reading
Posted in Parent and Kids
Tagged Aspen, breckenridge ski area, chapstick, chico, Chico Enterprise Record, Copper Mountain, duct tape, eric miller humor writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, etcguy freelance writer, etcguy twitter, Lysol, Mt. Disney, naproxen, norcal blogs, Old Spice, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Sugar Bowl Ski Area, Vail
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Words of Wisdom – Will Durst
“My wife and I are trying to live within our means. We went from a $750,000 house to a $350,000 house, and didn’t even have to move.” Will Durst, American political satirist, b 1952 ### PS Readers: I recently … Continue reading
Eighty Year Old Patrick McManus Still Hunts for Laughs
“My career doesn’t seem to be that it was one. But it’s been fun.” Patrick McManus, Outdoor writer, columnist and New York Times best-selling author We met at a Spokane restaurant two weeks before his 80th birthday. I arrived the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor Project - Interviews, The Humor Project
Tagged A Fine and Pleasant Misery, Deer on a Bicycle, Eastern Washington University, eric miller freelance writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, Field and Stream Magazine, McManus Comedies, McManus Plays, Outdoor Life Magazine, Patrick McManus, Spokane, the Grasshopper Trap, Tim Behrens
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Weight Watcher’s Journey May Require Duct Tape
The adult arm weighs eight pounds, about five percent of one’s body weight. Thanks to my holiday junk food diet, I’m that much heavier. I awoke this morning and had an epiphany: I still have the same arms. The calories … Continue reading
Losing Sucks, No Matter How Old You Are
(Hockey Player Magazine, January 2014) Seven percent isn’t bad. It depends on your point of view. Consider weight loss. If I was seven percent lighter I’d weigh a svelte 162 pounds, not bad for a guy fending off love handles … Continue reading
Time well spent is all guy wants
No matter where you are at any given moment today it’s either tomorrow or yesterday somewhere else. Years ago I visited Sweden which is nine hours ahead of California. I returned to work and a colleague handed me a fax … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Parent and Kids
Tagged chico, eric miller freelance writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, hourglass, infinity scarf, lu lu's, mayan calendar, Stockholm, Sweden, work bench vise
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Veteran Pen Pal Comes Knocking at Door
Previously published in the Chico Enterprise-Record (2012) & updated for Growing Up Chico Magazine (2013) Eighty words bridged seven thousand miles. “Write to a soldier and cheer them up,” said Mrs. Larsen, while coordinating a holiday writing campaign for her … Continue reading
Dad’s Halloween Costume Scares Neighborhood, But the Kids are OK
“Those who matter don’t mind, and those who mind don’t matter.” Dr. Seuss The mornings after Halloween are the only days of the year my kids get a hall pass to eat caramel apples for breakfast. The apples are healthy, … Continue reading
Guy Needs Help With Valentine’s Day
(Readers: This is one of my favorite “holiday” articles, previously published in the Chico Enterprise-Record in February 2012). National Compliment Day, Jan. 24, is the day you compliment others or pat yourself on the back. This begs a question. What … Continue reading