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by Jim Herr The guy riding shotgun looked dead, with his chin lolled down on the scoop neck of his tank top. The braking van made his head snap, though, like one of those Insatiable Birdie toys taking its last drink. As it screeched to a halt, I thought, “what an odd angle for …
My office phone rang 15 minutes before my next meeting. It was my wife and she sounded concerned. "I just started hard-boiling some eggs, and...is it possible that there could be a chick inside one of the eggs?" My brain can't begin to comprehend what she's trying to ask me. All I could muster was …
Why are dad jokes funny? Notice how I didn't ask if they were funny. That's not up for debate. Sure, they may not be funny to everyone, but they are certainly funny to someone, else we dads wouldn't keep telling them. I've been a father for over two and a half years (so, I'm just getting …
I don't want to come across too harsh, but there's real evil in this world. I know you know that. But I was shocked to learn that the makers of kids' toys are some of the most evil. Like, a sinister and genuinely wicked kind of evil. I promise you, I can't possibly understate this …
Rush hour is the worst. But you wanna know what makes rush hour worse than it needs to be? It's one person. One evil person.
Freshly cut pineapple. Taking long walks. Intercourse. Acupressure. Car rides down bumpy roads. More walks. Visualization exercises. A hurricane named Michael. Another walk. It hasn't been 40 full weeks yet, but the baby is showing no signs of leaving its comfort zone. Hendrik - lovingly referred to as "the Muggo" - was born on week …
Welcome to Muggo Shorts. These aren't like the other stories I write. These are quips, thoughts, ideas...whatever. But they're short. There's no moral. It's just something that struck me and I decided to write it down. Consider these to be poems. Hey, I'm a poet now! Enjoy. ________________________________________________________________ The words stream through the early morning …
Did you know that almost every day of the year is an official holiday? Not a government holiday where we get time off of work and spend it grilling burgers and playing cornhole in someone's back yard. But each day carries some sort of significant meaning. To whom? I couldn't tell you, but somebody decided that every little thing needed it's own day. Well, that's what I'm going to write about this week. Welcome to the definitive Official Daily Holiday Rankings.
Writing stories takes time. More time that I had originally estimated, to be completely honest. So while the goal was always to have at least one story per week posted on themuggo.com, the reality is that's really difficult to do with long-form articles. I was brainstorming at some point in the last few weeks and …
