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Caffeine is Not My Friend

This has sort of turned into the “dumb things J.D. does” blog. Here’s yesterday’s dumb thing. I drove to Eugene to participate in a neuroeconomics study. I spent an hour inside an MRI scanner answering questions about personal finance. For this, I was paid $120. Because I knew I might fall asleep, I had a …

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My Wife is Always Right

Here’s the product of my recent misadventure: Yes, those are as painful as they look. Kris feels smug in an “I told you so” kind of way. Several people have told me I need to print up those “Kris Gates is always right” t-shirts. Lisa even did research on where I could get them done.

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“What in the world are you doing?” Kris said, stopping in the middle of the road. She pointed at my bare feet. “It’s just a whim,” I said. “I want to see if I can do this.” “It’s over a mile to Paul and Amy Jo’s house,” she said. “The asphalt is hot.” “My feet …

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On my recent visit to the doctor’s office, a nurse weighed me and measured my height. “How tall am I?” I asked. “I can’t ever get a good measurement.” “You’re five-eight,” she said. “Ah,” I said. “I thought I was five-nine.” She laughed. “You’re like every other guy — always trying to say you’re taller …

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Italian Spiderman

Too hilarious to be relegated to the sidebar: Please let there be an Italian Wonder Woman…

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Barackula: The Musical

Here’s my foldedspace philosophy right now: yes, I know it would be great if I had time to write all sorts of fun little stories, but I don’t really, so I’m just going to post whatever I find that I like. Sound fair? For example, here’s a hilarious video I found via Airbag: Barackula from …

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An Easter Cartoon

When I was in college, I subscribed to The New Yorker just for the cartoons. now I subscribe to it because I like the articles, reviews, and stories. The cartoons are an added bonus. Sometimes, though, they’re the best thing in the issue. This, for example, is one of the funniest cartoons I’ve ever seen: …

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