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A man spent the better part of the night at the bar drinking beer and whiskey with his friends. He ordered wings, watched sports, talked trash and got drunk. By all accounts, he had a really fun evening. His friends left early leaving him to polish off a couple more shots and the better part…

I judge the quality of the night not by how much money I make but rather how dirty my glasses get and how sticky my forearms are. On a busy night, I find myself usually peering through opaque lens smeared with flying mixed drinks, busted blenders and sweat. My arms are usually stained an off-blue…

Starting in 9th grade I made a challenge to myself to read all of Modern Library’s list of the 100 greatest novels of all time. Before boring you with the details from high school, I just let you know that I fizzled out sometime before Halloween that year. Too many of the books were snooze-fests…

He wore a photographer’s jacket everywhere. In his breast pocket was an exposed pack of cigarettes that he reached for often. His beard was the definition of salt and pepper and he had eyes that dissected everything. When they talk about teachers saving a student, no single person did more to change my life than…

This time last year I had written approximately a dozen columns and I honestly thought I a chance of winning blogger of the year in City Weekly’s Best of Utah. Man alive was I out of my mind. I recently re-read the first blogs I posted on Google’s BlogSpot and was surprised I didn’t get…