In Chapter Three, the blows keep adding up as yet another bomb is dropped. I'm starting to think I might be in trouble.
Author: Sam Gapinski
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Southwestern, Chapter Two: The Convention
Before you can be successful as a door-to-door salesmen, you must first be brainwashed by other salesmen.
Southwestern, Chapter One: The Con
Chapter One: The Con "Come on, man. What else are you gunna do?" My buddy Travis had a point. Our first year at Purdue was winding down and I still wasn't sure what I was going to do for the summer. I knew I needed to work so I could save some money for the …
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The Perfect Answer
Rather listen than read? No problem, I got you: https://soundcloud.com/the-muggo/story-time-with-themuggo-the-perfect-answer Subscribe on iTunes, GooglePlay, Stitcher, & Soundcloud For a number of reasons ranging from 'mourning a loss' to simply 'feeling lazy', I've not posted anything new to the site in a good while. That's not to say I haven't written, though. I've been working …
Blue Ridge Relay 2019 – Reflections Of A First-timer
Editor's note: The Blue Ridge Relay is a long-distance endurance race held in the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. Each year, teams from around the country run this 200+ mile race. The following is one man's story of his first Blue Ridge Relay experience. Written By JESSE KALUKA Disclaimer: I wanted to memorialize this …
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Keep Walking
For the first time in our nearly 10-year marriage, my wife Allison and I have come to a bit of a fork in the road. That first sentence sounds way more ominous than it should, but hang in there. I don't mean to say we've never been at odds. That'd be impossible. But on our …
The Right Kind Of Example
My grandfather - my dad's dad, the one I never met - was born during the first World War. He spent his childhood living through the Great Depression, then fought in the second World War before returning home from the South Pacific to his job as a carpenter. Every once in awhile I'll hear my …
Thoughts On 33
I turned 33 years old last Thursday. Such a round, beautiful number, the symmetry is oddly comforting to me. It was the number Larry Bird wore when he played in the NBA. That's a thing I do, by the way. I refer to my age based on my childhood sports heroes. I celebrated my "Reggie …
Potty Training
It doesn't matter how patient you are, or how well you deal with big changes. Getting pissed on day after day starts to wear on a person. I'm not speaking figuratively here. I've literally been peed on more times than I care to count over the past few weeks. Mercifully, I think we are finally …
