** No Coffee or Tea For At Least 2 Weeks
by Michael Allen Smith
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I messed up. I messed up bad. A few weeks ago I got a direct mail advertisement for a dentist offering new patients a free Zoom teeth whitening with the purchase of a cleaning and X-rays.
** Creating the 2008 Sketchtoon Coffee Calendar
by Michael [...]
Seems our pals in Kenya have decided to start shooting up the place. One writer stated:
…you see a Kenya that is about to remind us of 1994 Rwanda. The road blocks manned by men with rungus and pangas, the anger in their eyes, the wanton killing without remorse, the seeking of one’s identity before [...]
Last August I went to a coffee cupping and did an impressive job of guessing the coffee region of eight different bean types. This Saturday, I participated in my first blind tea cupping. Even though I’ve only actively been drinking tea for a few months now, I found guessing the style of tea to be [...]
Saturday was Dillon’s birthday party. It was at Pump It Up (The Inflatable Party Zone). Of course I had to get in some jumps. It’s hard to get decent photos while bouncing.
When I was in middle school back in Columbus, there was a Saturday night TV show called Black Belt Theater. Every week they would run some low-budget martial arts movie. A common plot theme is for the young student to train in a martial arts school under the supervision of wise monks. A friend [...]
A while back I told everyone that my fast food name is Sam. Too many fast food clerks can not spell Michael, so I decided live my fast food life using an assumed name. I selected Sam. This is what I wrote in October 2006:
My name is SAM. It’s my initials backwards. Nobody has misspelled [...]
Dear Arnold,
Once again I must remind you that I’ve moved to Washington. I’m not paying to have Silver Surfer registered another year in the Peoples Republic of California. I’ve signed two documents already stating as such. I thought this issue was closed back in October.
Unfortunately I received yet another nasty letter from one of [...]
