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- June 2013 (2)
- February 2013 (5)
- 28: No, I don’t miss this view at all. Why do you ask? *weep* (7)
- 14: Believe it or not, Hallmark passed on this one (5)
- 13: Exciting news: I am now the millionaire owner of a Major League Baseball school whose employee roster includes Michael Cudlitz, star of the TNT cop-drama “SouthLAnd.” (6)
- 07: And then I got into a political argument with Boston Red Sox pitching legend Curt Schilling (8)
- 04: If you like this, you should probably put a ring on it … and then you should get your head checked by a mental-health professional. (7)
- January 2013 (10)
- 31: Burger King spiked my co-worker’s fries with a mind-altering substance (11)
- 29: The Scratches Take Manhattan, Part 3 (9)
- 25: The Scratches Take Manhattan, Part 2 (6)
- 22: The Scratches Take Manhattan, Part 1 (10)
- 21: Obama 2.0 (4)
- 18: This entire thing is in my stomach right now (5)
- 17: 43 (7)
- 11: I appreciate this company-sanctioned act of rebellion (12)
- 08: ♫ It’s the least … wonderful tiiime … of the yeeearrr ♬ (18)
- 01: Happy New Year! (9)
- December 2012 (5)
- 24: Merry Christmakwanzhanukah 2012 (7)
- 22: Douchebag of the Year: National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO / gun lobbyist Wayne Lapierre (2)
- 19: Angry, post-Newtown rant (or: No, asshole face, the Second Amendment doesn’t give you the right to endanger all of us) (13)
- 14: I’m back … and I’m ready to handle it up! (26)
- 13: Jayna: 7 years (6)
- August 2012 (1)
- 14: Zan: 9 years (16)
- June 2012 (1)
- May 2012 (1)
- 17: This be my bad chariot (17)
- April 2012 (5)
- 25: This post is pointless, goes nowhere and contains a completely unrelated photograph. Allow me to apologize in advance for wasting your time. (16)
- 16: I wish these kids would demonstrate a little self-confidence and individuality (12)
- 06: This photo makes me ache for another tropical vacation … but I’ll settle for a really stiff margarita. (4)
- 04: It will be best for my daughter’s future boyfriend if someone hides this picture from me, because if I should happen to see it on the night that he comes to fetch her for their first date, I will pummel his teenage ass to smithereens (39)
- 02: Mark Cuban is totally fucking wrong … unless he’s not, in which case: My bad. (17)
- March 2012 (3)
- 28: Guys, you will never guess who I went to see in concert on Monday night … unless, you know, you’ve read this blog before or been in my company for more than 30 seconds. (9)
- 19: Lay down your weary head, my son, and I will lull you to sleep with … a violent tale of death and dismemberment …? (34)
- 08: It’s been, like, at least five minutes since I mentioned Van Halen, right? (12)
- February 2012 (2)
- January 2012 (5)
- 25: Why, yes, children, of course we can get a dog … and by “yes” I mean “fuck no.” (43)
- 17: Happy Birthday to me … in NYC … Wait, come back. I promise I won’t try to bust out any more rhymes. (30)
- 11: If I had been any closer to the stage at that Van Halen show the other night, I’d be carrying Eddie’s baby (35)
- 03: That blow job I offered 2012? Already paying off. (17)
- 01: Good news, 2012! That ass massage I gave 2011 worked out so well that I’m pretty sure there’s fellatio in your future! (6)
- December 2011 (5)
- 23: Happy Holidays, y’all! (Yes, I just said “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” This does not mean I am waging a war against your religion. Stop being an idiot.) (16)
- 20: A note to my children from The Elf on the Shelf (24)
- 14: When you buy a $300,000 car, do you take out an auto loan … or a mortgage? (Actually, I’m guessing you pay for it with a bag of unmarked bills.) (14)
- 12: Proof that Pixar should have hired me to draw Lightning McQueen (13)
- 05: Note to self: Chill the fuck out. (19)
- November 2011 (3)
- 16: Zombie Dinner Party … with your chef, Dr. Hannibal Lector (27)
- 09: HAPPY CLUSTERFUCKOWEEN! Part 2 (12)
- 03: HAPPY CLUSTERFUCKOWEEN! (24)
- October 2011 (4)
- 21: Tip for brain-dead, childless hairdressers everywhere: When an 8-year-old tells you to make him look like a death-row inmate, check with his parents first (26)
- 13: Hat Trick (or, How I Ruined The Postseason For Three Major League Baseball Teams) (16)
- 09: I married this amazing woman 13 years ago … and, believe it or not, she’s STILL HERE! (20)
- 05: Mother Nature is a heartless wench who will turn your own children against you (14)
- September 2011 (11)
- 30: Plan B (11)
- 28: Take Me Out to the
Ball GameInsane Asylum (20) - 20: Surviving The Matrix: Year One (19)
- 15: Botany, booze and music trivia. This post has it all, baby. (11)
- 14: In a while … (5)
- 13: Beauty and the Bee (7)
- 11: 9/11/2011 (7)
- 09: I’m not really as desperate and pathetic as my previous post suggests. Please believe me. I’m begging you. (Which, I admit, is both desperate and pathetic. Go figure.) (13)
- 08: Oh, good: I’m not the only wanna-be-Internet-famous daddy blogger wallowing in obscurity while sucking down a tall glass of dashed hopes mixed with a paralyzing fear of failure (36)
- 07: Swimming with Sharks … or, The Cheesiest Analogy Ever. (8)
- 02: Sorry, NFL scouts, but it appears his football career is on hold (38)
- August 2011 (7)
- 30: All I wanted was a f#@%ing sandwich (28)
- 23: Enter the Daddy (18)
- 17: Rare photographic evidence that proves my children occasionally can occupy the same space without World War III breaking out (7)
- 15: Rainbows and singing children … because I’m more than just F-bombs and neurotic psychobabble. (Granted, not much more.) (8)
- 10: Lest anyone think I’m not a total wild man… (16)
- 06: Jayna: 6 years (15)
- 01: There’s a storm brewing … a storm of BLOGGING, that is! Yeah, baby! (Sorry; just trying to manufacture some excitement around here while I figure out what to do next.) (16)
- July 2011 (2)
- 29: I’m baaaaa-aaaaack (54)
- 11: Dad Life (12)
- June 2011 (3)
- May 2011 (2)
- April 2011 (2)
- March 2011 (4)
- 22: Candles
(The preceding title is Exhibit A in the case of The Day Job That Sucked The Creativity Out of Me.) (15) - 17: Happy St. Patrick’s Day … barely! (17)
- 09: Let’s panic about hanging out with the authors of “Let’s Panic About Babies” (13)
- 01: I have figured out The Best iPhone-to-Flickr-to-Twitter Workflow Ever, and you should listen to me, because I know everything (16)
- 22: Candles
- February 2011 (7)
- 23: Eye of the Tiger (17)
- 15: Here’s that fish I mentioned (11)
- 14: I was about to post a photo of a fish, but then I remembered that it’s Valentine’s Day, and this photo has a lot of pink in it, as well as a lovable child, which makes it the most appropriate last-minute thing I could come up with to mark the occasion (9)
- 10: After narrowly avoiding disaster, our bumbling hero and his lovely bride arrived in Mexico. Debauchery ensued. (19)
- 07: That trip to Mexico I keep meaning to tell you about, which almost didn’t happen because of my unrivaled ability to be a complete and utter moron (33)
- 02: I would club fluffy white baby seals to death right now if doing so would allow me to be on this beach instead of here in ice-covered Pennsylvania (11)
- 01: Pros & Cons (or, The time I tried way too hard to be funny whilst giving away some “SouthLAnd” schwag) (34)
- January 2011 (8)
- 28: We were young and fit and healthy and childless (and young) and full of energy and disposable time and discretionary income … and mostly took it for granted. *sigh* (33)
- 26: An open letter to my son, whom I recently thought was totally going to get his ass whupped by a girl (27)
- 17: Today is my 41st birthday, and I am celebrating by not having a massive mental breakdown (32)
- 11: Saturday Night Fever (8)
- 10: I ♥ New York (or, “My awesome weekend in the Big Apple with my hot wife, Colin Quinn & Demonic Al Roker”) (12)
- 05: This is where I’m supposed to live (14)
- 03: Sparklin’ New Year (25)
- 01: Dear 2011: I am going to massage your ass with exotic oils while feeding you hand-peeled grapes and telling you how wise and attractive and thin and youthful-looking you are (15)
- December 2010 (4)
- 25: Merry Christmakwanzhanuka! (14)
- 21: Thank sweet baby Jeebus for fake moviemaking thingamajigs on the Internet, because if I ever tried to spread this much holiday cheer for realz, I’d need a hip replacement (5)
- 19: I’m kind of like a superhero who saves people … except the people I save usually aren’t in any real danger other than that which I’ve conjured up in my own wildly neurotic imagination (17)
- 07: It’s beginning to look a lot like fight night (17)
- November 2010 (5)
- 30: In captivity (25)
- 29: Ground control (7)
- 24: Knockout (12)
- 18: Working, man (24)
- 03: NaBlowMe (34)
- October 2010 (4)
- 26: Wherein I compare my life to a hayride (23)
- 12: Hair today, gone … well, today, actually (29)
- 06: If at first you don’t succeed, kill, kill again (29)
- 03: My kid’s no sissy (18)
- September 2010 (6)
- 29: Keepin’ it klassy (52)
- 23: Maybe he’s just sleeping (20)
- 22: Tired (15)
- 21: Keep on truckin’ (12)
- 20: I’m not sure that this changes everything, but it’s definitely better than the gloom and doom that have lingered around my blog for the past several weeks (12)
- 08: You are going to be SO happy you came to my blog today, because nothing says “entertainment” like grief and sorrow and mourning, am I right? (88)
- August 2010 (2)
- 11: Numb (147)
- 05: Jayna: 5 years (15)
- July 2010 (9)
- 28: Technically, this is a new blog post … but you would be hard-pressed to find a more lame and sorry-ass excuse of a post than this (12)
- 23: Buggin’ out (32)
- 21: More than half a lifetime ago… (12)
- 20: Mi casa (24)
- 19: Talk to the hand(s) (11)
- 15: Zan: 7 years (10)
- 09: Start spreadin’ the news… (4)
- 06: Happy Birthday, America! You don’t look a day over 234! (You look two days over 234. Sorry I’m late.) (15)
- 01: Be there or be square (15)
- June 2010 (5)
- 30: Stringing you along in grand fashion (9)
- 28: How Grand (which, it turns out, is a headline I’ve already used … but this parenthetical acknowledgement of that fact will distinguish this entry from its predecessor). (9)
- 21: Hi. (33)
- 14: ‘Up’ (as in, ‘The direction in which my son’s age continues to go.’) (17)
- 01: Red, white and cute (11)
- May 2010 (11)
- 27: People are actually calling me “Coach.” This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing ever. (29)
- 25: Fish Face (13)
- 20: Unemployed, but popular (in a completely obscure and geeky kind of way) (14)
- 18: Just like his old man … and by “just like,” I mean “not at all like.” (10)
- 13: No, really: This job-search thing is like shooting fish in a barrel (22)
- 12: Man, this finding-a-new-job thing is going to be easier than I thought (32)
- 10: I call this one ‘Big lump of something on a beach, which I shot for no apparent reason’ (7)
- 07: A serious case of the blues (17)
- 06: Perspective (11)
- 06: Pardon me while I use this post to take care of some important administrative business (28)
- 05: Happy Cinco de Me Oh Mayo (3)
- April 2010 (8)
- 30: Happy Birthday, Baby (15)
- 22: More evidence that a.) I’m mentally ill, and b.) I really do need a vacation (25)
- 19: I was going to call this one ‘Waterworld,’ because, much like that film, this incident involved water and sucked … but at least ‘Waterworld’ had Jeanne Triplehorn in it, which makes it way better than the colossal screw-up I pulled this weekend (33)
- 14: Wild Child (20)
- 12: The one where I justify spending a ton of money we don’t have, because it’s all in the name of LOVE, people (28)
- 09: And the winner is… (6)
- 07: I’ve lost the ability to write, and you know what that means, right? Free stuff! (59)
- 05: Ready to crack (13)
- March 2010 (8)
- 29: It’s a good thing I’m so naturally crafty and handy and oh wait no I’m not (24)
- 19: Helpful tip: Don’t go to the Emergency Room on St. Patrick’s Day. Also? Don’t try to be your own pharmacist. (28)
- 16: And in tonight’s ‘News That Will Surprise No One’ segment comes this story… (47)
- 11: Home alone (48)
- 08: Try not to giggle about the randomly assigned car number, OK? Seriously, just grow up. Me? I hardly noticed. (19)
- 04: Now you can’t say I don’t bring you any (19)
- 03: Don’t call ME Chicken Little, you bastards (13)
- 02: Word got out that I’m the guy who can make or break your television series (17)
- February 2010 (9)
- 28: I survived Mom2.0hmygodwhathaveIgottenmyselfinto? (25)
- 27: If it makes you feel any better, I am achingly aware of just how badly I suck for not yet posting an epic Mom 2.0 recap (13)
- 18: Oh, you mean that Mom 2.0 Summit I’ve known for months I’d be attending is suddenly here, and I’m once again scrambling at the last minute to get out of town? Well, at least I’m consistent. (21)
- 12: Y? Because I’m a basket case! (10)
- 09: Shhhhhhhh. (4)
- 05: 40 (38)
- 03: Entering The Keep (5)
- 02: Let the healing begin … in the dungeon (6)
- 01: At last, the big birthday post … except, not really (7)
- January 2010 (15)
- 29: The Loser finally picks The Winner! (9)
- 21: R.I.P. R.B.P. (34)
- 15: Because what I really need is one more ridiculous and time-consuming thing on my agenda (5)
- 13: Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree … How did you get so smelly? (23)
- 13: Going the extra mile to bring you breathtaking images (2)
- 12: Look! A Building! (9)
- 11: Belly up (10)
- 08: I FINALLY got to use my passport! (26)
- 07: It’s a good thing a picture is worth a thousand words, cuz I’m plum outta words right now (11)
- 07: And if this doesn’t work, I’ve got a lead on a witch doctor (27)
- 06: Can you hear me now? (0)
- 06: We have another winnah! (2)
- 04: Nothing says ‘Forgive me for my mental-illness-induced patch of blogging suckery’ like a free CD, am I right? (56)
- 01: Dear 2010: I am going to whup your ass (28)
- 01: The year is new, but the wake-up time is the same (2)
- December 2009 (16)
- 25: Merry Christmas! (10)
- 24: A Ho Ho Ho-down, and some Yo Yo Yo for good measure (2)
- 23: We Wish You a Scratchy Christmas (3)
- 22:
Saturday NightChristmas Eve Fever (3) - 22: Fiyah! (6)
- 17: Well, at least it’s not a dog (12)
- 16: iMarriage (12)
- 15: Naughty or nice? (8)
- 14: Happy Holidays from the World’s Worst Blogger! (18)
- 14: Under the tree (2)
- 10: Again with the snow photos (10)
- 09: Facial (5)
- 07: Finally, the world realizes what a tastemaker I am. (OK, maybe not ‘the world,’ but at least one nice lady marketing a new TV show.) (18)
- 03: Yeah, I used to party in the big city like a madman, too … you know, back in the late 1900s (18)
- 02: Firestarter (16)
- 02: Tis the season to be jolly …
and by ‘jolly,’ I mean batshit crazy (12)
- November 2009 (13)
- 25: Taking a break (3)
- 24: Girls’ night out (19)
- 20: We have a winnah! (15)
- 18: Will you love me if I give you free stuff? (71)
- 16: It’s in the details (8)
- 16: Good point (13)
- 11: Zan, I am your father! (5)
- 11: If not for The Force, Darth Vader would have totally gotten his ass kicked, because that suit? Not very practical. (22)
- 09: We all fall down (5)
- 06: OK, so I guess I won’t write about meeting the doubleyoo i gee gee ell e esses after all (15)
- 05: Gettin’ Wiggly (13)
- 04: Grave situation (4)
- 04: Be afraid. Be very afraid (that I’m allowed to raise children, that is). (14)
- October 2009 (24)
- 30: One big blur of Halloween fun (20)
- 30: There’s a small chance that you don’t totally suck at parenting, and you occasionally might even see evidence that supports that theory (14)
- 29: Spooky School (3)
- 28: Performance art: ‘My Week So Far’ (17)
- 26: Morning light (8)
- 23: Sick Munchkin (3)
- 22: Leaf (8)
- 21: Do the dew (18)
- 20: Get real (24)
- 20: Frost (8)
- 19: Sorbet, anyone? (13)
- 18: Olive branch (24)
- 16: Howzabout we just pretend I never said anything, and you can all crawl back into the sewer? (70)
- 14: Because, much like FOX News, Daddy Scratches is Fair and Balanced (you know, except for the part where “Fair and Balanced” means “Loves to spread Right Wing propaganda and call it news”). (17)
- 14: Scrub-a-dub (13)
- 12: It’s over, Jonny. (5)
- 12: So now I’m the unwitting poster child for why people shouldn’t have children? (83)
- 09: 11 years (8)
- 08: Let it begin (6)
- 08: We now return to your regularly scheduled blog, already in progress (17)
- 07: Can’t slow down (6)
- 05: Homework (8)
- 02: Hewlett Packard wants me to feel bad about myself (22)
- 01: Dishes are done, man (12)
- September 2009 (21)
- 30: Girl on the Cob (7)
- 29: Because apparently it’s Feet Day here at DaddyScratches.com (4)
- 29: The Cruel Shoes (48)
- 25: I’m not falling for it. (Get it? Fall-ing? Fall? Oh, nevermind.) (6)
- 24: I know they look ridiculously clean, but I swear, they’ve got, like, 40 miles on them already (8)
- 23: Marathon Man (25)
- 22: Hitting the Wall (7)
- 21: Farewell, summer. *sniff* (13)
- 18: She loves a man in uniform (10)
- 17: Pay no attention to that safer vaccine behind the curtain (31)
- 16: An even bigger girl (4)
- 15: The Towers (11)
- 11: 9/11 (29)
- 09: Comin’ down the mountain (15)
- 09: Rubberband Man (2)
- 08: Does a dinosaur GLARE? (8)
- 04: Cinderella’s Castle … on a budget (3)
- 04: Look at all the gorgeous wonders of nature, kids! Kids? Hello? (14)
- 02: First-class ride (7)
- 01: Yes, we actually took the kids on a little hike to a place of natural wonder … and they hated it (3)
- 01: Quest for Fun (20)
- August 2009 (27)
- 31: She’s electrifying (4)
- 29: Ruff is lookin’ mighty rough (4)
- 27: Heavy Metal (3)
- 27: Do the chickens have large talons? (20)
- 26: My wife will rock your ass off (4)
- 25: Tastes like Chickenfoot (3)
- 22: Wave goodbye (4)
- 22: My Summer Vacation, Part IV (26)
- 20: Meet “Trouble” (17)
- 19: Dinner & a show (6)
- 18: My Summer Vacation, Part III (13)
- 17: Seafood and cervezas (5)
- 16: Happy Birthday to me … sorta (14)
- 16: My Summer Vacation, Intermission (4)
- 14: Feets don’t fail me now (2)
- 13: Good to the last drop (7)
- 12: My Summer Vacation, Part II (16)
- 11: Rock your socks off (5)
- 10: God, how I miss this view (3)
- 10: My Summer Vacation, Part I (8)
- 07: You’re welcome, pal (3)
- 06: Now that’s what I’m talkin’ about (7)
- 05: Triple threat (7)
- 05: Man, those balls sure are fuzzy (4)
- 04: Do you see an apple pie in there? Me either. (10)
- 03: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (3)
- 03: Jayna: 4 years (16)
- July 2009 (12)
- 31: One more iMac post, and then I swear, I’m done (9)
- 29: This is where the witty headline would go if I had enough brainpower left to come up with one. (10)
- 23: Very Merry (9)
- 21: Have a drink on me (14)
- 16: Pay no attention to the iMac that I just chucked out the window of a moving car on a busy superhighway during rush hour (22)
- 08: SoxBerry (6)
- 07: The 4th of July … which falls between the 3rd and the 5th of July (13)
- 06: Phlamingos (6)
- 03: Hands-on training (8)
- 02: Hi, Biscus! (13)
- 01: The one where I send you all into a deep depression (44)
- 01: Fish are friends, not food (7)
- June 2009 (28)
- 30: This dude saved me a ton of money on my auto insurance (2)
- 29: M.I.A. in PA (11)
- 29: What a gr-r-reat shot! (Yuk yuk) (7)
- 26: Truly monstrous (4)
- 25: Our father, who art in chaos, procrastination be thy name (19)
- 23: Put a smile on your face (2)
- 23: “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” a.k.a., “How George Lucas Took A Giant Poop On Yet Another Beloved Trilogy From Your Childhood” (5)
- 22: Bee good (10)
- 22: Playdate (12)
- 19: And now a few words from my children’s coats (15)
- 18: Diver Down (4)
- 17: Birthday preview (4)
- 17: Oh, by the way (30)
- 16: Oh my(lar)! (4)
- 15: So there I was, a lone drop of testosterone floating in a sea of estrogen … (19)
- 15: Tony Hawk Jr. (4)
- 12: Zan: 6 years (16)
- 12: My son takes the cake (1)
- 10: New birthday rule (12)
- 10: Happy Turfday to you (6)
- 09: Boston (4)
- 09: For Sale (34)
- 08: Mugged (6)
- 06: Disney wants to eat your children (13)
- 04: Happy Feet (9)
- 04: Bad parenting 101 (14)
- 03: He’s so fly (5)
- 02: Liquid Fireworks (11)
- May 2009 (28)
- 30: Totally Tweaked-Out Tuesday, Part 2 (10)
- 30: Chickensticks (4)
- 27: Totally Tweaked-Out Tuesday, Part 1 (12)
- 27: Chickenfoot (2)
- 25: Regina Pizza (10)
- 23: Date night (16)
- 22: Flamingos (6)
- 21: Fenway panorama (5)
- 21: 9 + Nine = Oops (1)
- 20: Rejected (7)
- 19: Memorable dinner (9)
- 19: Having a ball (which, I’m sure you’ll agree, seems much more wholesome than my first two choices: ‘Balls’ and ‘My kid’s got balls’) (7)
- 18: On his way up (4)
- 15: The Green Monster (3)
- 14: The ol’ falling-out-of-bed switcheroo (6)
- 14: Money ball (7)
- 13: More petals (4)
- 12: “I scream.” (6)
- 11: Smooth Like Your Mother (16)
- 11: Colorful catch (4)
- 08: Dinner is served (2)
- 08: Get pumped … or something (9)
- 07: You never can have too many flower pictures, right? Hello? Where’d everybody go? (19)
- 06: The important stuff (6)
- 05: Good morning! (13)
- 05: The real reason I’m known as ‘Daddy Scratches’ (28)
- 04: Let the DNA test commence (5)
- 01: Changing seasons (6)
- April 2009 (27)
- 30: See ya later … (3)
- 30: Cradle robber (17)
- 29: The Ballplayer (1)
- 29: Daddy Coaches (5)
- 28: Feelin’ the brotherly love, people (2)
- 27: It’s all downhill from here (9)
- 27: If there’s anything better than a sleeping child, it’s a sleeping child who looks like this (6)
- 25: Color explosion (10)
- 23: Pretty Tree. Late at Night. Must Sleep. (4)
- 23: A week between entries? Way to keep people interested, dummy (15)
- 21: No fun for Daddy (3)
- 20: Zan’s hands (7)
- 17: We found spring! (3)
- 16: Driving me crazy (17)
- 15: Remotely similar (4)
- 14: Bunny cake (3)
- 14: That big circle I just leapt out of? Yeah, that was my comfort zone (13)
- 12: Happy Easter (11)
- 09: I Am The Eggman (16)
- 08: Wall of shame (20)
- 08: Retaining wall: 0, Verizon FiOS truck: 1 (7)
- 07: Opening Day (4)
- 06: The Greatest Butterfly Picture Ever (9)
- 06: Play ball (maybe)! (17)
- 03: Is it just me, or is this blog starting to seem like little more than a diary of illnesses? (22)
- 02: Surveillance (14)
- 01: You know you work from home when … (8)
- March 2009 (28)
- 31: TiVo’s ‘Video On Demand’ feature is AWESOME … and by ‘AWESOME,’ I mean it blows (20)
- 30: Social drinkers (5)
- 26: Painintheassacillin (11)
- 26: Jayna: 3 years, 8 months (25)
- 25: We’ve got her number(s) (4)
- 24: Stuff it (6)
- 23: There’s no place like home (Yes, I went with the cliché. Sue me.) (14)
- 23: Have a ball (0)
- 19: Sweet suite (5)
- 18: You know you’re in Texas when … (8)
- 17: Choate Bridge (1)
- 16: Sprung (8)
- 16: The darnedest things (23)
- 13: U2? Me too! (15)
- 13: “You don’t bring me flowers …” (3)
- 12: Berated by Bono (5)
- 11: Job perk (6)
- 10: The Worst Daddy in the World (29)
- 10: High Hopes (0)
- 09: The beat goes on (7)
- 07: An even bigger prick (13)
- 06: Gutter chunk (2)
- 05: The Crib (2)
- 04: A real prick (20)
- 04: Going nuts (8)
- 03: Deep freeze (4)
- 02: Does anyone have Heat Miser’s phone number? (18)
- 02: Getting plowed (0)
- February 2009 (30)
- 27: Frozen Fairy (2)
- 26: Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! (0)
- 25: Tinkerbed (14)
- 25: Sleeping Beauty (3)
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