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- February 2012 (10)
- 21: Girl Scout Cookies, and Other Fundraising Attempts (38)
- 18: If Classic Sitcoms Were Modern-Day Cable Dramas (31)
- 16: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 29 (81)
- 14: For Valentine’s Day: Our Breakup Stories (65)
- 13: Genuinely Shocking Celebrity Deaths, and Some Other Stuff (107)
- 09: What’s Making You Happy These Days? Anything? (96)
- 08: I’m Going to Need Your Help With This One, Folks (65)
- 07: The Way My Day Ended, and the Way My Day Started (46)
- 06: A Few Quick Things, vol. 271 (41)
- 01: Just Another Update About Calendars, Bee Pollen, and Purple Ears (118)
- January 2012 (14)
- 30: Your Twenty-Minute Monday Special (78)
- 26: My Pledge for 2012, Atomic Fireballs, and Death of a Weekend (85)
- 24: Can You Remember Anything About First Grade? (114)
- 23: In Celebration of Annoying People at Rock Concerts (46)
- 19: A Daisy Chain of Ridiculousness (64)
- 18: Shiny New Servers, Petty Jealousies, and Eating Spaghetti While Driving (56)
- 17: What Would You Like to Add to the “Dumb, But Love It” File? (65)
- 16: Monday Quickie: A New Era Begins, Voices That Don’t Match, and Van Halen (37)
- 13: Constipation, Laxatives, and the Eisenhower Dollar Syndrome (52)
- 11: 2012 Was Supposed To Be Better! Wotta Ripoff (44)
- 10: Once Again, I’m Sorry For All This Bullshit (39)
- 05: The View From Down Here, vol. 26 (117)
- 03: When It Comes to Farting, I Have a Few Hang-Ups (63)
- 02: Your Weekend Update, vol. 232 (30)
- December 2011 (13)
- 29: Back Crackers, Pretentious Pronouncers, and Movie Repeaters (106)
- 27: Ahhh… That’s 900,000 Times Better (78)
- 26: Christmas 2011: Officially Endured (36)
- 24: Merry Christmas from the Bunker! (47)
- 22: Impending Freedom, Drunken Awakenings, and Strange Pizza (44)
- 20: Your Tuesday Topic Dump, vol. 571 (85)
- 15: The Curse Continues, So I’m Having a Ham Sandwich (55)
- 14: Help Me Decorate the Surf Report Christmas Tree! (69)
- 13: There’s Not a Hell Hot Enough (31)
- 08: Our Most Memorable Christmas Gifts, and Some Other Stuff (89)
- 07: Your Middle of the Week Topic Dump, vol. 27 (31)
- 06: We’re With the FBI, and Would Like to Ask You a Few Questions (46)
- 05: Who Was Your Asshole of the Week? (73)
- November 2011 (16)
- 30: Last Night at the Low Bar, and Our Favorite Kinds of Pie (128)
- 29: I was in a good mood today until the mailman arrived… (77)
- 28: Your Weekend Update, vol. 246 (56)
- 25: Thanksgiving 2011: Lots of Food, No Obligations, and No Nossy! How Was Yours? (50)
- 23: The Partially Thawed Turkey Saga (61)
- 22: In Celebration of Accidental Nudity! (33)
- 21: Our Favorite Beverages, Three Beers Per Week, and the Monday Email (60)
- 17: Bed and Breakfast Inns, Boutique Hotels, and Other Unusual Accommodations (78)
- 16: Folders, and Backers, and Other Things that Bug the Crap Out of Us (154)
- 15: Book Stuff, Beer Stuff, the Gym, and Newspaper Comics (94)
- 14: What Have You Been Enjoying Lately? (100)
- 10: A Review of My Most Recent Trip to Sonic (113)
- 08: Are You Ever Genuinely Offended? (90)
- 07: I Don’t Like Mondays, or Most of the Days in Between (79)
- 03: A Quick One Before I Leave For Work (aka Better Than Nothing?) (109)
- 01: A Few Quick and Ridiculous Things, vol. 31 (108)
- October 2011 (16)
- 30: Ask Your Doctor If Surfitol Is Right For You (70)
- 28: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 629 (49)
- 26: TV Shows That Would Never Be Aired In 2011 (74)
- 24: Tell Us Your “Worst Flight Ever” Stories! (66)
- 21: A Surprise Update From Our Old Friend Buck! (51)
- 20: Three Quick Tales of Bathroom Embarrassment (62)
- 18: Further Adventures in Suburbia, vol. 264 (105)
- 17: So, What Did You Have For Lunch Today? (92)
- 13: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 20 (116)
- 11: Have You Ever Had a Job with Fringe Benefits? (92)
- 10: My Vacation, and Our Thoughts On a Permanent Vacation (48)
- 06: Some Thoughts on a Classic: the Dum Dum Sucker by Evil Twin’s Wife (69)
- 05: Things Are Weird For Me Right Now by metten (47)
- 04: Dear West Virginia, by Jason Headley (102)
- 03: With God’s Help I’ll Conquer This Terrible Affliction [a guest post by Brad] (37)
- 02: A Lucid Moment with the AngryWhiteGuy (36)
- September 2011 (14)
- 30: The REAL Jeff Kay, revealed by Aaron Starmer (46)
- 29: I’m On Vacation, But the Website Isn’t (106)
- 27: What Was Your Most Memorable Family Vacation? (84)
- 26: Your Weekend Update, vol. 71 (67)
- 22: Talk About the Passion: Some Memories of the Late, Great R.E.M. (77)
- 21: Weird Ingredients, a Forgotten Recipe, and the End of an Era (112)
- 20: A Few Quick Things, vol. 57 (47)
- 19: A Welcome Return to Normalcy (59)
- 15: Power Pop Discoveries, a Sudden Autumn, and Our Thoughts on the Days of the Week (114)
- 14: Don’t Read This Update, It’s Horrible (58)
- 12: Your Start of the Week Topic Dump, vol. 71 (107)
- 09: My Current Take on the Components of Yesterday’s Lunch (73)
- 07: A Disjointed Mess, Because of the Russians (89)
- 03: Our End o’ the Summer Visit to Knoebels Amusement Park (63)
- August 2011 (13)
- 31: An Update About Nothing But Urination (125)
- 30: Infuriating Site Troubles, a Little Desperation, and Something Unusual (41)
- 26: Weather Mockery, a Health Screening, and Some Other Stuff (104)
- 23: What’s Your Opinion of Disgraceful, Ball-Baby Male Napping? (173)
- 22: Your Weekend Update, vol. 22 (59)
- 19: A Great Idea Lost, and Our First Concert Experiences (121)
- 17: Dated References and Some General Whining (149)
- 15: My Transformation to Full-Blown Misanthrope is Nearly Complete (190)
- 11: Your End of Week Topic Dump, and the Stuff That’s Bugging Us (129)
- 09: Preparing To Set Up Shop On Our Driveway (110)
- 07: Bad News, Book News, and Things We’ve Never Eaten (134)
- 03: The Great McDonald’s Sweet Tea Adventure of 2011 (91)
- 01: A Dying Business, Family Conflict, and More Twitter Nonsense (72)
- July 2011 (11)
- 27: Your Middle of the Week Topic Dump, vol. 4 (118)
- 26: My Visit to Wal-Mart in the Middle o’ the Night (80)
- 25: Your Weekend Update, vol. 221 (78)
- 22: Way Too Hot, and A Few Other Friday Things (110)
- 20: Bad Turkey, Laundry Trouble, and People Complaining in Restaurants (114)
- 18: A Few Quick Things, vol. 291 (113)
- 13: Instant Messaging Hate, Netflix Pricing, and Laundromat Memories (166)
- 12: In Celebration of Animals in Places They Shouldn’t Be (117)
- 11: Return to Sanity, Three Pounds, and Being Fired From a Job (90)
- 05: I’m Taking a Break, Boys and Girls (207)
- 01: Help Me Lose Fifty Pounds, My Friends, Before I Have to Buy a Bra! (123)
- June 2011 (13)
- 29: Asshattery Inside a Bowling Alley: Thank You, Gerald Ford! (80)
- 28: A New Old Lawnmower, Creeps in the Neighborhood, and Radio Silence from State College (95)
- 27: Our Oldest Son Is Away At College (99)
- 23: Exhaustion, Dog Thieves, Early Debauchery, and Fake Magazines (74)
- 21: Going to the Bathroom: Have I Been Doing It Wrong All These Years?? (102)
- 20: Smuggled Theater Food, the Novel, and Some Standard Whining (77)
- 16: My Whole World Is Falling Apart, Pass the Beer Nuts (251)
- 14: My Weekends Are Conspiring Against Me! (161)
- 09: Hick in the City: A Surf Report Road Trip, vol. 3 (123)
- 08: Hick in the City: A Surf Report Road Trip, vol. 2 (67)
- 06: Hick in the City: A Surf Report Road Trip, vol. 1 (85)
- 02: My Super-Exciting Day in the Suburbs of Scranton (145)
- 01: Weekend Update, Frustrating TV, and Ludicrous Commercials (149)
- May 2011 (13)
- 30: A Weekend Reboot, Needing a Bathroom NOW, and Some Other Things (49)
- 25: Death of One of the Good Ones (115)
- 24: Magazines, Newsstands, Record Stores, and Shopping Malls (79)
- 23: Your Weekend Update, vol. 4 (76)
- 19: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 32 (110)
- 17: The Spectacular Teenage Car Crashes We Have Known (70)
- 16: My Weekend Was Dominated By Fancy-Pants Beer (95)
- 12: What Are Your Plans for this Perfect Weekend? (123)
- 11: Dumbasses in Charge, and the World’s Largest Pantry (72)
- 09: Your Weekend Update, vol. 258 (123)
- 04: Your Middle o’ the Week Topic Dump, vol. 32 (117)
- 03: Nancy, the Museum of Puberty, and Paper Crowns (64)
- 02: My Vacation Day of Beer and Books, and Fighting at School (69)
- April 2011 (16)
- 30: Chapter One of Crossroads Road: A Novel (43)
- 28: Our Encounters With Extreme Weather, and I Am Terrified of Tornadoes (117)
- 27: The Good Stuff: Things I’m Currently Enjoying (59)
- 26: ‘Bucket List’ is a Stupid Phrase, But What’s on Yours? (90)
- 25: A Concert Review, a Wet Dog, and People Getting Hurt in Arenas (56)
- 22: Working in the Twilight Zone, Elton John, and the Worst Smells Ever (127)
- 19: My Ridiculous Voice, a Cry for Help, and Bragging Contrarians (164)
- 18: The Wiping King, Electric Battery Carts, and Being Really, Really Scared (115)
- 15: Today’s Radio Interview, and the Paperback is Finally Available! (51)
- 14: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 2 (116)
- 12: Physical Labor, News About the Book, and Memorable Pet Names (132)
- 11: Your Weekend Update, vol. 278 (79)
- 06: Paperbacks, Dunce Caps, and What We Do for Lunch (151)
- 05: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 46 (86)
- 04: More Fun Along Interstate 81, and Your Most Memorable Tales of Vehicular Malfunction (78)
- 01: I’m Mobilizing the Surf Report Army in Support of Crossroads Road! (118)
- March 2011 (16)
- 31: The Reason I Priced the Crossroads Road eBook at $3.99 (61)
- 30: An Update That’s 85% Completed (96)
- 28: Fun in the Target Parking Lot, My Successful Weekend, and Movies We’ve Never Seen (149)
- 25: Finally, After Two Years or So… the Cover of the Novel! (106)
- 24: Some Questions About the Book, and Your Favorite Guilty Pleasures (173)
- 23: A Scattered Update, Nothing Is Working, Grrr… (141)
- 21: Your Weekend Update, vol. 7 (107)
- 17: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 12 (129)
- 15: Our Summer Travel Plans, and the Buck Manifesto (126)
- 14: A Report from North (or is it South?) Carolina, and Our Strangest Neighbors (114)
- 10: If You Were Forced to Choose, Which of the Five Senses Would You Sacrifice? (115)
- 09: My Favorite Mockable: 8 Reasons Hall & Oates Are Better Than Chronic Respiratory Disease (55)
- 08: Another Scary Ride Home, and the Gospel According to Nancy (128)
- 07: Your Weekend Bunker Report, vol. 147 (59)
- 02: Eleven Short Paragraphs About Eleven Different Things (178)
- 01: Let’s Talk About Parking Cars… (91)
- February 2011 (14)
- 28: My First Weekend Of Freedom Is Nearing Its End (73)
- 24: Dinner Down My Shirt, and Words That Make Us Cringe (225)
- 22: A White-Knuckle Ride Home, and a Few ‘Awful Super Groups’ (101)
- 21: My Current Take on the Components of a BLT (91)
- 18: Self-Awareness Trouble, the IRS, and an Unfortunate School Name (86)
- 16: Slipping on Ice, Podcasting, and Ultra-Flimsy Tea (103)
- 15: A Concert for the Family, Recovered Booty, and Obnoxious Texters (69)
- 14: Having Fun With Outrageously High Prices! (102)
- 11: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 41 (84)
- 10: An Apology, an Interview, and I Might Be Getting Old (111)
- 08: Are You the Sentimental Type Like Me? (85)
- 04: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 712 (187)
- 02: What Happened During Your Last Ride Home From Work? (92)
- 01: What Disgusting Things Have You Been Asked To Do At Work? (92)
- January 2011 (17)
- 31: Mailman Pants, Fake Ailments, and a Strong Dislike of the Amish (118)
- 30: Sidelined by Sickness, and Our First Jobs (50)
- 26: Nobody Cares About the Weird Dream You Had Last Night, But… (151)
- 25: A Few Quick Things, vol. 61 (110)
- 24: A New Website, and What Would You Ask a Man From the Future? (52)
- 23: A Few Quick Sunday Things (76)
- 21: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 4 (101)
- 18: The People We’ve Seen Naked By Mistake (85)
- 17: What’s Pissing You Off Now? (160)
- 13: Two Pages From My High School Yearbook (142)
- 12: 1366 Words About Visiting an Eye Doctor (87)
- 11: One-Armed Drummers and Crackpot Hypotheticals (102)
- 10: Another Thing Lost, Twenty Eleven, the End of the World, and More (89)
- 09: The Final Conversation? With Legwarmers (32)
- 06: A Few Quick Things, vol. 29 (116)
- 05: What Are Your Summer Travel Plans? (81)
- 04: Hello New Year, Goodbye Sunshine! (128)
- December 2010 (18)
- 31: My One Day Off, and Renaming the Cable Shows (97)
- 29: Further Evidence the End is Near (105)
- 28: Our Experiences with New Year’s Resolutions (78)
- 27: How Was Your Holiday This Year? Plus Snow and Snot (49)
- 23: Our Most Memorable Christmas Presents, and Some Other Things (124)
- 21: An Inventory of Injuries, More Interstate Trouble, and Dead People of the Near Future (138)
- 20: Holiday Preparations, Great Radio, and Inventions of the Past Eleven Years (89)
- 19: Signs, Office Gossip, and Insanely Territorial People at Work (64)
- 16: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 36 (91)
- 15: A Festive Holiday Report from North (or is it South?) Carolina (91)
- 14: Our Favorite Regional Products, and Some Other Stuff (231)
- 12: Mountain Dew: The Secret Is In The Chunks (93)
- 09: Have You Been Pulled Over By The Man Lately? (120)
- 08: Conflict Resolution Training, for Work and Home (79)
- 07: Everybody Has OCD, Including the Comedians We’ve Seen Live (95)
- 06: Hilarious Resumes We Have Known, etc. (68)
- 03: WTF Friday: A Possible New Website, and More (120)
- 02: A Few Quick Things, vol. 41 (93)
- November 2010 (21)
- 30: Bad Ears, Nonsensical Sentence Starters, and Celebrity Lookalikes (153)
- 29: In Celebration of Teenage Movie Theater Hijinks (75)
- 28: Eating, Shopping, and Many, Many Weather Forecasts (60)
- 24: Your Pre-Thanksgiving Topic Dump, vol. 11 (86)
- 23: Fads and Trends of the Suburbs, and a Bruce Springsteen Jag (103)
- 22: The Stupidest and Most Embarrassing Classes We’ve Ever Taken (57)
- 19: WTF Friday: A Conversation I Overheard While Riding the Scrambler at Six Flags (46)
- 18: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 155 (79)
- 17: TheWVSR: Now With More Self-Indulgence! (55)
- 16: Baffling Hot Stinks and Cruise Ship Horrors (71)
- 15: How Would You Program a Time Machine? (78)
- 12: WTF Friday: We Need New Names For Our Coins! (59)
- 11: Profanity, the Young, and Commercials About Freshness (84)
- 10: I Had a Cheeseburger Suctioned to My Crotch! (86)
- 09: A Spy in the House of Nancy (112)
- 08: Tell Us About Your Dating Disasters! (57)
- 06: Whininess, Bourbon and Catastrophic Mechanical Failures (66)
- 04: Thanks For Everything, Sparky (47)
- 03: My Brain Don’t Feel So Good… (86)
- 02: A Multi-Tasking Election Day, and Bands That Will Never Exist (97)
- 01: Are You Happy With Your Name? (128)
- October 2010 (18)
- 29: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 48 (203)
- 27: Growing Up in a World of Noise, and Marlboro Beer (94)
- 26: What Do You Think Will Be on The Who 2011 Concert Rider? (61)
- 25: People We Remember Because of Their Clothes (87)
- 24: Saturdays Are the Key to Everything (58)
- 20: The Perfect Time to Marry, the Perfect Place to Drink (231)
- 19: One Of My Greatest Humiliations, vol. 17 (75)
- 18: Second-Day Foods, and Ridiculous Employee Theft (98)
- 16: Happy Birfday to TheWVSR.com! (118)
- 14: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 177 (119)
- 12: What Are Your All-Time Favorite Horror Movies? (161)
- 11: Columbus Day and Stuff You Never See In Schools Anymore (110)
- 10: Ask Your Doctor If It’s Right For You! (50)
- 07: With Which Famous Person Would You Like To Drive Cross-Country? (247)
- 06: Stuff That Used To Be Bigger, Things That Used To Be Smaller (122)
- 05: In Celebration of Outrageous Disturbances in Restaurants (98)
- 04: Tide Will Help You Hide the Truth of Your Secret Double Life! (127)
- 02: Blues Singers in the Garage! (95)
- September 2010 (18)
- 30: Terrifying Rain and the New TV Season (111)
- 29: In Celebration of the Technophobes We Have Known (74)
- 28: An Update That’s Somehow All About Meat (120)
- 27: Our Favorite Fair Food, and Stuff We’ve Never Eaten (188)
- 26: A Sunday Quickie: We Need Your Wal-Mart Shopping Lists (87)
- 23: A Rock n Roll Road Trip to Philadelphia (74)
- 22: Dragging Myself Toward a Rock Show (69)
- 21: The Most Obnoxious House Hunters Ever (129)
- 20: A Minor Accident, Herbal Supplements, and a Curious Obituary (93)
- 19: Humbox Removal, Reader Comments, Eels, and Your Views on Chewing Gum (65)
- 14: 5 Big Questions for a Small Hiatus (216)
- 13: Baseball and Some News from North (or South) Carolina (78)
- 12: Creepy Professionalism, Rocker Switches, and Eating After Drinking (63)
- 09: What Was the Worst Car You’ve Ever Owned? (125)
- 08: Letters to Celebrities, Lung Trouble, Neuroses, and Running Wide-Open (81)
- 07: Your Post-Labor Day Report (100)
- 04: An Ultra-Rare Saturday Update (100)
- 01: The Perfect One-Question Job Interview (98)
- August 2010 (19)
- 31: Your Tuesday Topic Dump, vol. 28 (89)
- 30: Toilet Troubles, Food Poisoning, and Yurtathon 2010 (73)
- 29: Inside the Library, and Very Ugly People (49)
- 25: The Things That Are Exciting Us, etc. (200)
- 24: Q3 Report: The Stuff That’s Pissing Me Off (117)
- 23: In Celebration of Throwing Stuff at Cars (54)
- 22: Fish Sightings, a Few Beers with a Reader, and the Shirts Have Been Mailed (46)
- 18: Your Favorite Burgers, and a Few Other Things (254)
- 17: Blues Singers in the Kitchen! (109)
- 16: Site Maintenance, People Who Say Hose House, etc. (112)
- 12: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 49 (107)
- 11: What Movies Have You Seen in a Theater More Than Once? (77)
- 10: Unpleasant Highways and Amazing Stinks (101)
- 09: What’s Your Experience With Taxi Cabs? (73)
- 08: Have You Ever Sent an Embarrassing Text To the Wrong Person? (65)
- 04: Webcams and Obnoxious Tourists We Have Known (123)
- 03: Professional E-Mail Forwarders and My Expiring Descriptors (82)
- 02: I’m Hooked On An Unlikely TV Show (74)
- 01: Highlights, Lowlights, and the Sams We Have Known (65)
- July 2010 (16)
- 28: Memorable Characters I Have Known: Brogan (149)
- 27: Have You Ever Held a Homemade Sign Over Your Head? (82)
- 26: Embarrassing Work Stories, “Spaghetti,” and Some News (72)
- 22: 3 Questions to Get Us Through the Weekend (96)
- 21: What’s Your Video Game History? (67)
- 20: What’s the Longest You’ve Gone Without Sleep? (60)
- 19: Help Me Plan A New Tourist Attraction! (71)
- 16: Deceiving Buildings, and Other Stuff (123)
- 15: If I’d Lived a Buddy Holly-Sized Life (70)
- 14: The Premature Death of a Droid (117)
- 12: What Irritates You Most About Grocery Stores? (124)
- 09: Coffee, Tea, and Other Stuff About Me (131)
- 07: Your Mid-Week Topic Dump, vol. 17 (124)
- 06: Completely Unrelated: a Fun New Project and Dog Farts (52)
- 05: A Productive Weekend With Pain and Swelling (44)
- 01: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 41 (118)
- June 2010 (18)
- 30: The Thinking Behind My Beerless July (76)
- 28: Weekend Report: Hectic But Mostly Fun (68)
- 25: Help Me Plan the Worst Amusement Park in the World! (124)
- 23: The Things That Make Time Stand Still (138)
- 22: Bad Call-Off Excuses and Some Other Stuff (118)
- 21: Have You Ever Successfully Altered Your Lifestyle? (78)
- 19: Drinking Beer and Running In To Parked Cars (49)
- 16: Your Mid-Week Topic Dump, vol. 319 (126)
- 15: A Few Quick Things, vol. 248 (73)
- 14: Just a Regular Weekend: 1995 vs. 2010 (46)
- 11: A Thousand Word Excuse For Yesterday (83)
- 09: Unforgettable Films We Saw At School (79)
- 08: Oregon Microbrews from Minnesota, and a Few Other Things (69)
- 07: One Hundred Hours Inside a Public Library (46)
- 06: Guest Post: Brad’s Encounter with the Stones (20)
- 04: Guest Post: Brad the Crime Statistic (51)
- 03: Guest Post: The Angry White Guy is Angry (49)
- 02: Guest Post: Metten’s Technology Deprivation (47)
- May 2010 (17)
- 31: Guest Post: The Return of Buck! (45)
- 28: Guest Post: I’ve Seen Your Website…It’s Very Low-Rent (94)
- 26: Your Favorite Nicknames, a WVSR Baseball Game, and Goodbye for a Week (92)
- 25: Weird Sodas, Too Many Nickels, and Old Fashioned Phrases (93)
- 24: The LOST Finale, and Our ELO Beach Trip (35)
- 23: A Sunday Update Written Between Sneezes (52)
- 19: Your Mid-Week Topic Dump, vol. 128 (122)
- 18: My Latest Troubles in the Forest (59)
- 17: In These Trying Times… (46)
- 16: Yurt Adventures and My Billy Idol Moment (46)
- 11: Camping Out for Tickets and Whatnot (126)
- 10: How I Became a Kinda-Sorta Beer Snob (103)
- 09: Genealogy and a Quiet Weekend at Home (53)
- 06: Profound Reflections: Washington, DC (90)
- 05: Wanna Help Me Write My Book? (125)
- 04: Have You Ever Won a Prize? (78)
- 03: Among Other Things: Would You Live in a Murder House? (69)
- April 2010 (17)
- 29: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 288 (100)
- 28: Chevette Envy and Too-Early Electronics (82)
- 27: Crinkle Intolerance, and Kiosk Bizarreness (72)
- 26: An Interesting Day Behind Me (101)
- 22: An Interesting Day Coming Up (120)
- 21: A Surf Report Roll Call, and Shameless Panhandling (429)
- 20: Are Dogs Too Dumb to Get Bored? (43)
- 19: A Monday All-Over-the-Place Quickie (39)
- 17: A Source of Inspiration, and Facebook Surprises (45)
- 15: Yeah, I’m Pushing My Luck With This One (103)
- 13: Fast Food Review: KFC Double Down Sandwich (98)
- 12: The Library is Full of Fun and Adventure! (45)
- 08: Expiration Dates on Food, Another Internet Experiment, and Blue Shirts (77)
- 07: Public Service Announcements, Mystery Smells, and Bad Spelling (74)
- 06: Superstition, Reading, and So-Called Smartphones (86)
- 05: Amazing Things at Night and a Stank Sofa Surprise (46)
- 01: Your Most Hated Vegetables, Domain Names, and a Little Easter Phil (71)
- March 2010 (18)
- 31: Verizon Ran Out of Droids on My Upgrade Day! (39)
- 30: Your Tuesday Topic Dump, vol. 17 (82)
- 29: Some Follow-Ups and the Cheapest People We’ve Ever Met (43)
- 28: Fast Food Review: KFC Boneless Filet: Chicken With A Handle (37)
- 25: Media Mail, Pathetic Ninjas, and People Getting Hurt at School (94)
- 23: Have You Ever Had Your Shit Stolen? (73)
- 22: The Weekend Against Which All Future Weekends Will Be Measured (72)
- 19: The Second Ever Surf Report Podcast: Leaving Home for the First Time (50)
- 17: Some Creepy Things Are Happening, Man (68)
- 16: Tell Us Your Roommate Horror Stories (87)
- 15: Scranton St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2010 (43)
- 12: A Whole Jacked-Up Mess o’ Stuff (66)
- 10: Sleep Deprivation and Vending Machine Trouble (93)
- 09: Smells Like a Late Update, and Stuff (68)
- 04: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 318 (115)
- 03: Fun And Games With Verizon Wireless (68)
- 02: Our House Filled With Smoke, Because Of A Cheese Fire! (54)
- 01: An Odd Weekend Dominated By Snow (64)
- February 2010 (17)
- 25: Big Snow, Public Houses, and Brockly (75)
- 24: Acupuncture, Earbuds, and the Coming Snowstorm (66)
- 23: 3 Quick Things and a Question (56)
- 22: 8 Ways to Make Beatles Rock Band More Appealing to 14 Year Old Boys (44)
- 19: The First Ever Surf Report Podcast (Please Be Gentle) (106)
- 18: Among Other Things: Falling Down (126)
- 17: Your Mid-Week Topic Dump, vol. 28 (80)
- 16: Who Else Wants to Confess Their Phobias? (100)
- 15: Fast Food Review: McDonald’s Big Mac Snack Wrap (87)
- 11: Drivers Ed, Little League, and Internet Shit-Talking (97)
- 10: An Update From Inside A Snowbank (94)
- 09: Podcast Frustration, Anticipating the Pop, and Foods We’ve Never Tasted (81)
- 06: Your Destination Is Not A Real Place (53)
- 04: I Always Know Enough When I See It (147)
- 03: Dress Code Enforcement and Tacos on the Freeway (96)
- 02: Past-Due Decorations, Apartment Filth, etc. (68)
- 01: Words That Make Us Cringe, and Some Other Stuff (121)
- January 2010 (17)
- 28: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 44 (115)
- 27: Tell Us About Your Workspace (84)
- 26: Admit It: Throwback Tastes Exactly Like Regular Mountain Dew (96)
- 25: The Lighter Side of Deadly Food Allergies (103)
- 22: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 4 (104)
- 21: A Review of My Most Recent Visit to McDonald’s (65)
- 20: How I Almost Became An FBI Agent (76)
- 19: Elementary School Fads That Rocked The World! (116)
- 18: Do You Perform Funny Tricks in Your Sleep? (81)
- 15: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 341 (82)
- 13: Your Best and Worst Morning Commutes (77)
- 12: In Celebration of the Cashless Society (92)
- 11: The Dust Bowl, Boredom, and Baseball Tears (91)
- 07: Escape From Monopoly, and Nobody Thinks They’re Stupid (93)
- 06: What an Instant Update Looks Like (84)
- 05: A Band That’s Interwoven Into My World ‘n’ Shit (71)
- 04: Time Really Does Fly, and I’ll Probably Be Playing Canasta Soon (81)
- December 2009 (16)
- 31: The Reason This One Is Late (72)
- 30: Grab Your Hats of Humiliation, It’s Almost Party Time! (52)
- 29: My Lungs Are Full of Biscuit Dough! (83)
- 28: What Was The Biggest Holiday Hit At Your House This Year? (62)
- 26: And Now It’s Time To Buy Yourself A Gift! (33)
- 24: Merry Christmas From the Bunker! (58)
- 23: Fast Food Sadness, Creative Nicknames, and Number One Songs (109)
- 22: Is Discombobulated Really A Word? I Got No Spelling Alert. (72)
- 17: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 47 (149)
- 16: Christmas Bonuses I Have Known (69)
- 15: Internet Frustrations and My Current Obsession (95)
- 09: An Update From The Walking Zombie (126)
- 07: Corporate Nicknames Really Chafe My Ass (140)
- 03: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 296 (124)
- 02: Public Humiliation and Photographs of Naked Women (47)
- 01: Three Highly Questionable Stories (83)
- November 2009 (15)
- 30: Thanksgiving Dinner and Horrible, Horrible Stores (62)
- 29: An Update on the Arizona Tragicomedy (47)
- 26: 36 Miles In 200 Minutes! (59)
- 24: A Heartwarming Story for the Holidays (83)
- 23: A Weekend (I Think) With The Parents (62)
- 18: What One Hour Will Get Ya (116)
- 17: A Quick Update from the Box Company (52)
- 16: A Full Schedule, Federal Prison, and Pie (60)
- 13: A Rare Friday Dispatch From The Bunker (74)
- 11: Your Mid-Week Topic Dump, vol. 177 (86)
- 10: A Birthday Meal Submerged In Chaos (85)
- 09: Everything’s Getting Away From Me! (81)
- 05: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, Kinda Sorta (95)
- 03: A Surprisingly Unsatisfactory Halloween (93)
- 02: Internet Nostalgia, If You Can Believe It (86)
- October 2009 (14)
- 29: This Website Didn’t Exist For Two Days (114)
- 27: I Shoulda Put ‘Em On The Glass (91)
- 26: Cartoon Voices, and What Does Cincinnati Have to Do With It? (55)
- 22: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 285 (119)
- 20: Fifteen Minutes of Action/Adventure (104)
- 19: Dogs and Hippies and Peeing Outside (82)
- 16: What Are Your Plans For The Weekend? (101)
- 13: Urine Samples, Apologies, and Regurgitation (135)
- 12: Insert Monday Update Below This Line (95)
- 08: Great Album Titles and Miscellaneous Crapola (105)
- 07: How Many of the United States Have You Visited? (126)
- 05: Dipshit Idiot Helps Ruin My Streak! (155)
- 04: What’s Your Earliest Memory? (56)
- 01: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 441 (119)
- September 2009 (18)
- 30: Do You Still Read Magazines? (96)
- 29: The Loudest Bands I’ve Known (102)
- 28: Brief, Disjointed, and Silly (95)
- 27: I Was Hijacked by Hormones! (43)
- 24: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 48 (176)
- 22: Lies, Disrepect, and Suspicious Sausage (166)
- 21: Hoofing It to the Old Man Bar (88)
- 19: Return to the Physical World (42)
- 16: A Most Disgraceful Lameness (154)
- 15: The Snack Machine Let Me Down (94)
- 14: Sneezing, Death, Good Beer, and Punch Lines (130)
- 10: Screaming Kids, and So Much More (140)
- 09: Another Mess, Straight From the Bunker (70)
- 08: Some Good News, and Some Bad News (86)
- 04: The Worst Songs of the Modern Era (135)
- 03: Angus Burgers, an Old Radio, and Infectious Lung Disease (110)
- 02: A Hole in the Bunker, and a Lack of Decorum (121)
- 01: Ridiculous Memories of the School Cafeteria (99)
- August 2009 (20)
- 31: A Big Ol’ Mess, Like Spaghetti (72)
- 28: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 443 (102)
- 27: Some Final Random West Virginia Notes (106)
- 26: Yearbooks, Newspapers, and Baby Bills (83)
- 25: Our Quickie West Virginia Trip, part 2 (84)
- 24: Our Quickie West Virginia Trip, part 1 (80)
- 20: In Advance Of White Line Fever (158)
- 18: Unprepared for the Road (89)
- 18: Weird Lifelong Food Habits (76)
- 14: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 204 (94)
- 13: Chinese Fun, Novelty Driving, and Crazy Pet Names (108)
- 11: Haircut Malpractice and Album Covers (155)
- 10: Our Saturday Cookout With Strangers (84)
- 09: The First Episode of Saturday Night Live: Dead or Alive? (26)
- 06: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 432 (137)
- 05: Our Return to the Beer Snob Tavern (105)
- 04: Our Cable Guy: A Very Thorough Orifice (71)
- 03: Knoebels in the Pouring Rain (47)
- 03: Do You Have Noisy, Crazy Neighbors? (50)
- 02: Fast Food Review: Long John Silver’s Fish Taco (58)
- July 2009 (18)
- 30: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 27 (105)
- 29: Great House Odors We Have Known (92)
- 28: Would You Buy A Sofa From Kroger? (71)
- 27: A Golfing Fiasco and Tales of Frantic Urination (64)
- 24: Download My New eBook Today! (98)
- 23: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 768 (137)
- 22: Throws Right, Romances Right (119)
- 20: The Weekend: What Are You Going To Do? (157)
- 16: Two Lunches, One Bathroom (193)
- 15: The WV Mothman and Dashed HGTV Dreams (142)
- 14: I Stink Of Wiener, and so on (121)
- 13: More Money Straight Down the Toilet (137)
- 09: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 211 (237)
- 08: A 4th of July Like They’re Meant to Be (87)
- 07: As You Can See, I Went With the Latter (77)
- 06: Site Frustrations, a Really Good Steak, and the Question of the Day (112)
- 02: Zeroing Out the Moleskine, vol. 223 (99)
- 01: A Stern Warning and Trash Chicken (107)
- June 2009 (16)
- 29: Celebrity Death and Family Fun (158)
- 25: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 714 (134)
- 24: Blue Skin, Mountain Dew with Sugar, and a Few Other Things (160)
- 23: Outside the Circle of Familiarity (124)
- 19: New York Dolls in Philadelphia (79)
- 17: Hanging at the Yuppie Bar with Yuppies (80)
- 16: My Views on Soup and Cereal: a Manifesto (122)
- 15: Beer, strange foods, and a goodbye (68)
- 11: Four or Five Unrelated Things (197)
- 10: The First 15 Songs, and 100 Grand (111)
- 09: There’s A General Yuck In The Air (92)
- 08: Bennigan’s: NEVER AGAIN! (104)
- 04: Tending to my Thursday Assignments (86)
- 03: Office Cops and Torture Photos (90)
- 02: Enormous Pants, Breaking and Entering, and Waterlogged Cell Phones (80)
- 01: Pennsylvania Outdoor Life (61)
- May 2009 (14)
- 29: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 262 (92)
- 28: Our Toilet Is No Longer A Reliable Agent (83)
- 26: Party Time at the Half-Shirts! (130)
- 22: A Sure Sign of Dumbassery (67)
- 20: Good teachers, bad teachers, and overnight field trips (74)
- 19: 511 Words in a Great Big Hurry (76)
- 18: Comedy Writing in the Round (43)
- 17: Where I’ve Been For The Past Few Days (61)
- 12: Coherency Is For Suckers! (152)
- 11: Selling the Rolling Box o’ Beds (68)
- 08: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 412 (87)
- 06: I Live In Fear of Catastrophic Filter Failure (73)
- 04: My Prom Adventure circa 1981 (71)
- 03: Surf Report Review: Giant Cheetos (36)
- April 2009 (16)
- 30: A Lack of Focus, Pass the Beer Nuts (63)
- 29: Shredded, Wadded, and Flattened by Something Heavy (80)
- 28: Scary Park Trash and a Nest o’ Gnats (95)
- 27: Temporary Classroom Paralysis, and more (53)
- 24: Your End of Week Topic Dump, vol. 274 (61)
- 23: Office Ass-Kissers By Category (52)
- 21: An Update Like a LEGO (112)
- 20: Honing My Jumping To Conclusions Skillz (62)
- 16: Wait Till Your Nazi Gets Home, and some other things (92)
- 14: Parents Gone Wild! (102)
- 13: A Weekend of Contemplation (56)
- 09: Barely Containing My Inner-Pesci (50)
- 08: Bad clocks, black Wendys, and Brian (83)
- 07: Speech Accessories and Office Rumors (92)
- 06: Our Weekend Away From Computers (68)
- 02: My Door C, and Cheap Crap Food (90)
- March 2009 (18)
- 31: My Charley-Horse Saturday (115)
- 30: Exhausting weekend home repair, etc. (72)
- 26: Some more scraps ‘n’ crap (99)
- 25: Another Reason Why I Am Like I Am (119)
- 24: Service animals, outdated phrases, and dreams of solitude (91)
- 23: The Weekend of Good Results (64)
- 19: Hockey and a skillet full of cheese sauce (100)
- 18: Professional hockey and foul-mouthed doctors (89)
- 17: St. Patrick, beer, and internet auctions (71)
- 12: A Few Quick Things, vol. 431 (143)
- 11: Important Things For Others To Know (72)
- 10: Doom, gloom, and golfing with the dead (67)
- 09: A Fantastic Fake Spring (86)
- 05: One Big Excuse, Really (140)
- 04: Your Best Ground Scores, and Other Stuff (111)
- 03: Doggie shame, moldy references, and words that are slightly wrong (167)
- 02: Youth Basketball, Wheelchair Mayhem, and Butt-Wiping (88)
- 01: Fast Food Review: McDonald’s Southern Style Chicken Sandwich (56)
- February 2009 (15)
- 26: Your End of the Week Topic Dump (79)
- 25: The Advertising Slogans We Love (129)
- 24: Your Five Essential Cable Channels (97)
- 23: Have You Ever Been Caught Doing It? (65)
- 20: Coherency Is For Suckers! (56)
- 18: People Who Stink to High Heaven in the Workplace (125)
- 17: A Bad Movie, a Great Floor Show, and Mismatched Couples (120)
- 13: Just Another Boring Night At Home (112)
- 11: An Old Fashioned Topic Dump (136)
- 10: Review: eMusic download service (59)
- 09: I’m Starting To Lose It, Man! (81)
- 05: Continuing Education in Fits and Starts (458)
- 04: Our New Hobby and Creative Death Wishes (61)
- 03: When Did You Have Your First Adult Beverage? (72)
- 02: My Saturday at the Natatorium (62)
- January 2009 (16)
- 29: Words That Trigger a Full-Body Clench (149)
- 28: Are Teenagers As Stupid As They Seem? (99)
- 27: Night noises, mercury poisoning, and opening bands (73)
- 26: Goodbye Circuit City, Hello Shockingly Expensive Shoes (67)
- 23: The Preferences That Define Us (101)
- 20: What Did You Eat On Saturday? (113)
- 19: This Is Today’s Update (88)
- 16: A Few Quick Things vol. 644 (64)
- 14: TheWVSR: Now With More Self-Indulgence! (45)
- 12: I Gave It Four Stars At Netflix (110)
- 08: Every month, for the rest of my life (86)
- 07: The Way We Live Nowadays (73)
- 06: Bouncing From Subject to Subject (65)
- 05: The Best Smoking Fish Sighting Ever! (64)
- 05: Tripping the Inner Snack-Sensor (63)
- 02: I’ve Got GPS Voices In My Head! (82)
- December 2008 (20)
- 30: State of the Website Address (93)
- 29: Running Around with Holiday Money (40)
- 28: The World’s Most Obscure Christmas Gift (34)
- 25: Happy Holidays from the Bunker! (53)
- 23: A Big Steaming Notebook Dump (71)
- 22: Review: Moe’s Southwest Grill (69)
- 19: In Celebration of Gym Teachers (58)
- 17: A Man Without A Gadget Plan (72)
- 17: The Filth and the Figurines (35)
- 16: What’s Your Work Schedule For The Holidays? (55)
- 16: Let’s Have Fun With Filth! (28)
- 15: Your Surf Report Weekend Update (50)
- 12: My Seven Essential Christmas DVDs (93)
- 11: The New Shirts Have Arrived! (30)
- 10: A Few Quick Things, volume 427 (81)
- 09: At War With The Chemicals (86)
- 05: This One Time, At Church Camp… (111)
- 03: Five Unrelated Items, with a Smattering of Profanity (93)
- 02: A Post-Holiday Post About the Days After a Holiday (52)
- 01: Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving Eve (56)
- November 2008 (15)
- 30: Further Evidence Discovered! (37)
- 26: Pooftering-Out, With Birthday Money (83)
- 25: Unwrapping the Zero Bar (95)
- 21: The Second Half of a Half-Ass (127)
- 20: No bounce-back, if you know what I mean (45)
- 19: The Full Phobia Combo Platter (54)
- 18: Retail Adventures and Comfort TV (81)
- 17: T-Shirts, strawberries, light bulbs, expensive gifts, and bad Thanksgivings (115)
- 13: A Mess of Leftovers for Dinner (120)
- 12: A few observations, however… (76)
- 11: Babies Named Cotton and Other Pressing Matters (97)
- 07: The Greatest Playground Ever (86)
- 05: Politics Can Kiss My Ass (168)
- 04: Drinking, Election Day, and Mexican Food (113)
- 03: My Saturday at the Club (76)
- October 2008 (17)
- 31: The Younger Secret’s Halloween Haul (62)
- 30: Soup, Insensitivity, and a Fast Food Con (89)
- 29: Bad Motel Rooms I Have Known (84)
- 28: Several Unrelated Things (106)
- 27: Four Places I Visited This Weekend (92)
- 24: As Promised: More Words (69)
- 23: Nothing There For Me Now (90)
- 21: A Few Quick Things vol. 317 (78)
- 20: My Caribbean Vacation (62)
- 15: A Fatfusion Gone Horribly Wrong (95)
- 14: No Way To Treat A Friend (60)
- 13: The Weekend Through a Blurry Haze (73)
- 10: 557 Words In A Hurry (75)
- 08: Preparing For An 18-hour Weekend (65)
- 07: An Unfocused Wednesday Mess! (66)
- 06: Another Saturday in the Suburbs (58)
- 01: Early Adopters and Crap Triggers (120)
- September 2008 (18)
- 30: Help Me Save Law & Order! (67)
- 29: Well-Known Electronics Chains Make Me Crazy (77)
- 27: Hiccups, Sneezes, and Tiger Bread (59)
- 25: Ghosts, Toilets, and 12 lbs. of Phlegm (89)
- 24: Jack Boston 1958-2008 (30)
- 23: A Few Quick Things vol. 274 (50)
- 22: Humiliating Moments With the Boss (58)
- 20: My Weekend Fluid Lineup (65)
- 19: Have You Ever Called 911? (62)
- 18: Dead Magazines and the Hair Down There (63)
- 16: Beer, Philadelphia, and Rock ‘n’ Roll (77)
- 15: Classic Rock and Killer Bees (73)
- 11: To the Good Old Days! (110)
- 09: Exploring a Break Room Theory (141)
- 08: A Big Swollen Weekend (71)
- 04: Doing the Thursday Purge (101)
- 03: I Am A Relic From A Different Era (76)
- 02: High Necks and Bad Stores (72)
- August 2008 (21)
- 29: Ugly Cars and Flying Predators (70)
- 28: Two Tanks, Eight Squares, and Cruel Laughter (85)
- 26: A Few Quick Things volume 256 (95)
- 25: Heed the Warning of the Bean (57)
- 24: Don’t Look Directly Into the Light (40)
- 21: Confessions of a Former Snob (83)
- 20: Living Through a Window (37)
- 19: An Unfocused Tuesday Mess! (65)
- 18: Day Trippin’ in New York City (44)
- 14: Zeroing Out the Moleskine (96)
- 13: The West Virginia Status Report (47)
- 13: The Irrational Heebie-Jeebies (74)
- 12: “Summer” is winding-down (38)
- 12: We Need More Cable TV! (62)
- 11: A Shocking Admission (46)
- 11: Opposition Research of the Future (32)
- 11: Checking In With Charley
- 09: A Fast Saturday Mash-Up (35)
- 07: Limited Visibility (70)
- 06: Let’s Talk About Celebrity Rudeness (122)
- 04: Everyone, please remain calm! (178)
