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[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] For complete live coverage of Last Man 2014 (and an explanation of what it is), click here. This post is solely for the purpose of giving active Knowledge Runners a redacted, #TheKnowledge-free version of Alyssa Newcomb’s ABC News blog post about #lastman. The original article is here, but it contains… Read more »

[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] And a little child shall lead them. Three little children, actually. All three of Becky’s and my daughters – ages 6, 4 and 2 – finished in the Top 7 of the ninth annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ‘em Contest. The 6-year-old, known on the Internet as “Loyette,” not… Read more »

[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] With six bowl games left, nine contestants – including my 6-year-old daughter, “Loyette” – are still mathematically alive to win the 9th annual Living Room Times Bowl Pick ‘em Contest, and earn Eternal Glory. Here are the remaining games: Sugar Bowl: Alabama vs. Oklahoma, tonight, 6:30 PM MSTCotton Bowl: Missouri… Read more »

[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] Back on September 29, on the eve of the federal government shutting down, I announced a “shutdown” of my own: an “indefinite hiatus from Twitter“ (with the typical exceptions for Instagram, Tumblr, local event live-tweeting, and so forth). I had various reasons for this sudden decision — including, but not… Read more »

[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] My satirical news article about the “Stapleton Civil War” was published this morning Issue 66 of The Stapletonion, our community’s local version of The Onion. As readers can tell, I had a lot of fun with it. 🙂 Hopefully, my fellow Stapletonians – residents of the various mocked neighborhoods, as… Read more »

[This post was originally published on The Living Room Tumblr.] I propose the following amendment to the U.S. Constitution: In the event of a government shutdown due to a lapse in funding, all members of Congress immediately and automatically lose their jobs. They may remain in office on an interim basis, at the federal minimum wage, until such time as… Read more »