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Hello faithful reader(s). Sorry I haven't posted in a while (or a month). The last 3 weeks have been ridiculously insane. More on that later...but suffice it to say, when Obama was talking about change, he had no idea how much he meant it.Speaking of Obama...WOOO!!!!! Yep he did it...I cast my ballot, I played my part. Yay! I'm not really writing now to celebrate his victory, however. I'm

Only Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185199616033687927noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494769793110171094.post-72670470201239177782008-10-14T21:37:00.003-04:002008-10-14T22:16:08.398-04:00

..."Does my ass look like the damn K-Mart?"That is actually what I said after hanging up the phone this afternoon. Honestly...some of our residents at work are insane with their demands. They seem to mistake the Leasing Office at The Crazy Farm with the Concierge Desk at the Ritz Carlton New York.For instance, one of our particularly high maintenance residents called in one weekend with an "

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I don't think I've mentioned it on the blog yet, but about 3-4 months ago I got a new job in property management. I do on-site leasing for one of those big apartment communities that you probably lived at in college or just afterward. I love my job- I really do -but I definitely refer to it as the Crazy Farm (as it shall henceforth be called on this blog). You see...we have some crazy

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Ahh, it's finally fall around SC. The weather has a certain crispness to it (which is an actual tangible crispness...unlike the "fall" we had in Florida, where anyone who's not lived there for at least 10 years and hardly knows any better would even realize the season changed). Temperatures are consistently in the 70's during the day, 50's at night (great sleeping weather, btw), the skies are

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http://www.thestate.com/statewire/story/537108.htmlProbably not if you're not in the Southeast, or at least not in North or South Carolina. But still...it's pretty ridiculous.Not only are motorists in SC and NC paying the some of the highest amounts in the country per gallon of gas (which is even worse considering we have just about the lowest taxes on gas in the country and are therefore

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...to such a horribly flawed and troubled administration.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_marketsSince I am unfortunately not at a place now where I have any investments, or even retirement for that matter, and I'm not in a position to be getting a new loan for cars or houses or anything else in the near future, part of me wants to just say "Forget it...let Wall Street sort itself out. The people

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I'm blogging to you from Memphis, TN right now. Sitting in my hotel room. Came up here for a training thing for work, so it should be an interesting week. Maybe some good blog fodder will come from it. Who knows! :)

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Hey! I think I mentioned in a recent post that things have been kinda crazy lately and that I would be filling you in soon. Well I guess soon is gonna right now.About 3 weeks ago, one of my coworkers had the day off and we get a call from her saying she's leaving, can't give a two week notice, just has to pick her daughter up from school and is moving back to her parents' out of state. We have

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Hey kids...still around. Things have been a little crazy lately. I'll fill you in on some of those details later. But right now...I thought I'd give you a quick summary of my day just to remind you that my life is still incredibly random! hahaSo yeah...my day in a nutshell...bloody stairs, dime bags of crack, talks of a promotion, super-glued penises, squealing golf cart tires, orthopedic

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When I'm flying down the road at 15 or 20 over the speed limit, weaving in and out of traffic, flying through every yellow light to make it to the liquor store before it closes...maybe I should take it as a sign that I might have a problem. hahahaActually...I do have a problem. But that problem is not alcoholism, it's Blue Laws. See, lovely SC has some holdovers from their ridiculously

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A true crime occurred last weekend! Grand larceny in my opinion (although hardly even a crime in the eyes of the law, but that's beside the point). I was robbed!At some point between when I returned home late Friday night/early Saturday morning and about 3ish in the afternoon on Saturday when I was wandering around my front yard, someone stole my Obama yard sign!! I know!!! Shocking! The

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Remember my obsession with Taco Bell? Well I was having lunch there today and I overheard a Rhodes Scholar at the table behind me. She was chatting with her boyfriend at a volume loud enough for pretty much the entire restaurant to hear. Here's a few highlights from her chat:"See that sign that says '79 cents makes sense'? Shouldn't it say c-e-n-t-s instead of s-e-n-s-e? Isn't that what they

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Yeah, I don't really know all those technical software terms, but the point is, I'm back. But, since I doubt anyone still reads this at all, we'll call it a relaunch, haha. (sounds much more exciting that way anyway)Sorry for the lack of activity. I think I really just ran out of things to say, lol. I was looking for a new job for a long time and, without a job to go to and without a ton of

Only Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185199616033687927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494769793110171094.post-33732418881822240502008-05-29T23:37:00.003-04:002008-05-29T23:43:11.408-04:00

So I was hungry just now and went to the pantry to find nothing I really wanted to snack on. I had half a bag of chocolate chips in there leftover from...well who knows. Anyway, having no food I thought briefly "Oh, I'll just make some cookies...that could be tasty (in like 2 hours when I finally finished...and knowing me...they probably won't be all that tasty)."So, I start reading the back of

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.....especially when the complete opposite happens.So I'm in Atlanta last week, rolling through Buckhead, up Peachtree. Weather was nice, windows were down.I pull up at a traffic light next to this black guy in a convertible. I was rather annoyed because the music coming from his car was so loud I had to turn up my radio just to hear what I was listening to in my car.Yep, he was blaring Michael

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...don't worry.I'll be back soon, I promise!

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Alright...I recognize this isn't a real post. But, for some reason, I'm still not feeling like getting around to writing about all the life I've been living lately. Sorry...I guess I'll just have to write a big summary post for you soon to cover it all at once.In the meantime, I thought I'd keep you entertained with this cop-out post. Someone sent me this list as an e-mail forward this week (

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Sorry I've been sorta MIA as of late. I have no good reason other than, well, I haven't really wanted to, haha. It's certainly not for a lack of blogging fodder. I've had quite a few blog-worthy events over the last few weeks, as well as a few old stories I still owe you from before. Maybe soon I'll be back on the ball.I actually have a post saved that I started last week, but was feeling

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Sorry kids, I just needed to hear this song. And, well, it's my blog, so you get to hear it too!I recommend turning it up and singing along really loudly...even if you're at work. That always helps me. Oh, and if you can manage to have it playing and sing along while you're in the shower, the water cascading down you adds a very dramatic effect.Anyway, this has pretty much been my last year

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Oh geez...ready for another Only Mark story? This one's an instant classic for ya!Yesterday evening I was getting ready to go meet a friend of mine down at the park for a run. It was about an hour before I had to meet him, so I planned to run some errands and was getting my stuff together. Then it came time to find my keys. I looked in all the usual places - the table by the door, kitchen

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Well, this has already been a fun week. I definitely have to put a post up about how I spent Tuesday evening and Wednesday. It was AMAZING!! (I'll give you a hint...I was doing this!)My actual birthday was Thursday, and I really didn't do anything exciting then. To be honest, I was kinda in a grumpy mood for some reason, but oh well...I'm over that now. The real celebration will be happening

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Well, it's finally happened. I'm now closer to 30 than I am 20. I turn 25 today. Nothing particularly exciting is going on today. I may find myself a bottle of wine and drink a toast to myself later tonight, but otherwise, nothing big.I did have a big fun day yesterday which I'll try to remember to share with you via blog post later tonight, but the real party is scheduled for Saturday. I'll

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and right now I am:Watching my DVR.Eating junk food.Contemplating going to bed.Contemplating rearranging furniture in my bedroom.Digesting a big steak I had for dinner 3 hours ago.Enjoying wearing spring preppy clothes.Dreading my next run, which will begin in less than 7 hours.Chatting online.Blogging.

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I was looking for a particular story this morning on FoxNews.com and actually saw these two headlines. Both are horrible stories, but strange, and almost comical headlines..."Man Gunned Down in Driveway by Killer Robot""Woman Goes for Leg Surgery, Gets New Anus Instead"Definitely not what I expected to read in the news this morning. Haha!

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There's not much I can say about this, but fortunately not much I need to say. It's the transcript from Barack Obama's speech responding to statements made by his former pastor. It's a lengthy one, but well worth the time you spend reading it. I gotta admit, at several points while reading it, I was getting a bit choked up...and Mark don't cry! Republican or Democrat, Obama or Clinton -- you

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Sorry folks...it's been a while since I've blogged! I don't feel quite so bad about it, though, because it looks like a lot of people have put blogging on hold for a bit, though. I've not really had the time to blog too much lately...okay, well that's not entirely true. I have had a lot going on, but I think the fact of the matter is that I've been kinda lazy and haven't really taken the time

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In light of my current stage of life, I tried watching that new NBC show, Quarterlife last night. I hadn't actually seen any advertisements for it b/c I never watch anything on NBC at all (oh, except Earl and The Office, but those have, of course, both been on hiatus), but I had heard about it some.I kinda had thought/hoped it would be sorta a Big Shots/Cashmere Mafia/Sex in the City type show,

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(ALMOST)In exactly 1 month from today, yours truly will be turning 25. 2-5, yikes!! That will officially make me closer to 30 than 20. Aaaacck!! For some reason 30 kinda scares me, lol. Okay, maybe more than kinda, the mere mention of turning 30 gets me upset now, although I doubt (hope) that it will have that much affect on me as the day actually approaches. But that's for another day,

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In stark contrast to my last post, Wednesday was overall kinda a crappy day. I wasn't feeling particularly great Wednesday morning, so I decided not to go into work. I probably could have pushed my way through physically, but mentally just wasn't really there for the day, so I just rolled over and went back to sleep. I actually ended up staying in bed pretty much all day. I got up for a

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Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been posting much, or at least not anything exciting, lately. I've kinda had a lot on my mind and haven't felt much like posting. Everything's good though, and I'll update you all on it hopefully over the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'll fill you in on my weekend I guess. Nothing particularly exciting, but it was a great weekend in my opinion. Friday

Only Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185199616033687927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5494769793110171094.post-82391120211987284152008-02-16T00:46:00.002-05:002008-02-16T00:47:38.181-05:00

...this should help you understand the last video better. Same guy, but about 8 years ago or so.Still laughing! haha

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So I'm flipping through the channels tonight and I notice Showtime at the Apollo is on. Whenever I see this on TV, I usually stop to watch the amateur talent (just another random fact about Mark that you've gotta love!).As soon as I flip on the channel, they had just introduced this guy and he's on his way out, rubs the Tree of Hope and walks up to the mic. I thought he looked a little...well..

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Whoa! I guess a lot of you folks out there are like me and didn't have Valentine's plans!! There was a huge spike in my blog hits yesterday! Yowza! (I stole that word from the hot girl I lived with one summer in Denver...also from whom I got my Nip/Tuck addiction, haha). Guess you all just spent the day of love at home alone reading blogs, haha. Seriously, though...thanks to those bloggers

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I come from a clumsy family...it's no secret. There was, for instance, the time my aunt (who is a well-educated high school principal, no less) super-glued her finger to her forehead...no lie. There are countless other stories I can't remember right now, but it's clear that I too have inherited that gene.Yesterday I tore up my thumb a bit, basically ripping my cuticle off. In the grand scheme

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I have a standing lunch date with a friend of mine for the first Tuesday of every month (except we've been lazy lately so we missed the last 3 or 4 months) and today was that day. I picked her up at her office and she asks how I feel about having breakfast for lunch, as she's been craving some good breakfast food, but her boyfriend won't go eat it with her. I didn't really care where we went so

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In an effort to not sound snobby or pushy or rude or whatever, I ordinarily wouldn't write this post, but in light of my last post, it seems only appropriate.After work tonight, I had a meeting to go to with my boss so he and I stopped for dinner on the way. We couldn't decide on anything on that side of town, so we ended up at Ruby Tuesdays. I don't ordinarily care for Ruby Tuesdays that much,

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Busy day at work today. I spent all afternoon getting ready for something I had to do with work tonight. So, in all my rushing around, I ran through the Taco Bell Drive Thru (I recognize that's not the proper spelling of that word, but that's what the sign calls it...don't blame me!) to grab a quick dinner. In my bag, I found that I received no fewer than 31 packets of sauce for my 3 (three)

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I wanted to add one more quick post before heading to bed...Remember this post about my lack of fingerprints? Well, I finally got a notice in the mail from the state yesterday telling me that my finger print card had been rejected due to "ridge characteristics being not distinct or smudged." So now it seems it's official that my fingerprints are crap! haha I guess I'm gonna have to go get them

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For some reason, someone somewhere thought that it would be a good idea to give us lowly South Carolinians great deal of sway in who our presidential nominees will be. I know, crazy right? Oh well, as a Democrat in this deeply red state, I certainly do appreciate the voice, since, other than the most local of elections (I live in a Democratic city and county, thank God!) a Dem's vote doesn't

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A couple weeks ago I decided to run down to Charleston to visit a friend. I haven't blogged about it yet and probably won't get around to it beyond this, so I'll give a brief run down now. Don't worry...I'll tell the part about getting cruised too...I know that's all you people care about anyway, freaks! :) You can just skip down there now if you want...it won't hurt my feelings, hahaha!The

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I've seen other bloggers do lists of this nature and I always find them fun. Sorta lets you know random information about the people you're reading about that might not regularly come up in blog posts or conversation. I'm saying 10 things b/c that sounds like a good goal, but I really have no idea how many I'll end up with, so don't hold me to that. It just depends on how random I really want

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I started writing a year in review post about two weeks ago. I got about half way through it and realized that I didn't want to write all that and you probably didn't want to read it all. It was kinda turning into a venting post about a lot of things that frankly I didn't want to rehash! haha Soooooo...I scrapped it and will now give you the very very abridged version. If you really care and

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It's been a really really long time since I posted last!!! Yikes! (haha...while writing this, I just re-read this post. Guess I sorta lied to ya! oops!) I could give you a number of excuses for this (I was sick for the better part of last week, work has been hectic, I've been out of town some) but all in all it really boils down to...I've been a lazy blogger! (*Hangs his head in shame*) I

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Here's a fun OnlyMark Post for you...So about 11:45 tonight my cell phone starts ringing. Not just any ring, however, it's the ring (don't ask) I have set for when my boss calls. "Why is my phone making that noise at this hour of the night?" I think to myself. "Guess I'd better answer this one instead of screening like normal."I answer the phone and my boss is on the other end and says "Mark..

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No, I'm not talking about getting fat, or even building some muscle (although beginning to bulk up a more is a goal for the near future), I'm talking about blogging. It's time for me to post a little more frequently and give people something fun to read regularly. I think I mentioned something like this before, and in my opinion, I have been doing better, but I'm still not there. Be looking

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Well, to be fair, it's only been a week, but it has felt like much longer since I posted. I actually had trouble remembering my login name to post tonight! haha! Anyway, while I've been vacationing, it looks like you all have been reading! I don't know if it was because everyone was home for the holidays and just insanely bored or what, but I had quite a few hits last week! Maybe I should

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I'm heading out of town Sunday afternoon for Christmas. Going up to the mountains with the fam again. Oh, and my aunt and uncle will be at their house across the road and apparently after Christmas another aunt and two of my cousins are coming up too, so it should be a big fun family Christmas! This is the fun side of the family (read: the side that drinks...heavily) so lots of fun will ensue!

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I really had nothing planned for tonight and had actually planned to skip out of work a little earlier than I have lately, go home, put on something comfortable and veg out on the couch all night. But, this afternoon my cell phone started beeping that it had a low battery. The battery life had gotten really short lately...like after about an hour or hour and a half of talk time it was telling

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I don't necessarily have anything major to post about right now, but I feel like it's probably time that I should. I haven't put anything substantive up here in a week or more! Oh yeah, I should tell you up front that the 'e' key on my laptop has been sticking lately, so if any of my words are missing the letter e, I apologize.I never did give the promised Orlando post, so I guess I can write

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Just checking in from beautiful central Florida! The conference has been going great so far! Some fun random happenings, including a room upgrade, good food and some great shopping! Anyway, I'm not getting into everything now, just wanted to say hey! I'll be back in SC by the end of the weekend. Enjoy yourselves!!

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Alright readers, I'm off again! Early tomorrow morning I'm heading to Orlando for a convention for work. Me and the bosses are heading out for the rest of the week and won't return until Sunday. Don't worry, we're not taking another trip in their defective car! Thank goodness!We're staying at the convention hotel which is a Hilton right near Downtown Disney! It's a really nice hotel and, I

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Yesterday I had to go by the police station to get fingerprinted for something at work. No, I didn't commit any crimes! I needed them for a background check by the state for the license I took the class in Charlotte to get. Anyway...in true Mark form, this could not be done easily. I was trying to rush the process as soon as possible so I could get it out of the way. I took the test I needed

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Yeah, so remember last week when I took my car back to the shop to have the CV joint re-replaced? I mentioned that my goal was to go the rest of the year without having to go back to the shop. Well, I was off to a good start! Last Sunday, my check engine light came on again! It had just been on like the whole time I was out of town for Thanksgiving, but went off the day before I took it to

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Normally I'm one of those people who's really good at directions. I'm kinda a visual thinker and so it's easy for me to sorta draw a map of wherever I am in my head and think logically about where I need to go. I've always been one of those people who can go to a new city and find my way around fairly quickly. Normally when I'm lost, people who are with me don't even realize I'm lost because I

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Sorry for the complete lack of posting lately. I'm just gonna churn out a quick update since it's late and I have an early morning tomorrow.Yeah, I've been a bit lazy lately, I guess. No running, no posting...what have I been doing?Let's see, since last we met, I went to the tree lighting for my town, which they conveniently held across the street from me. Of course, they later moved the tree

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Cuz Mark sure isn't!Okay, sorry for the lame title/intro...it's late and I couldn't think of anything else. Go ahead, make fun of me.I really do need to go running though. Perhaps you'll remember all the progress I was making...up to 2 miles around the neighborhood - with hills! But alas, I've gotten lazy. And uninspired. But mainly just lazy. I actually haven't been running since several

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Oh goodness, faithful readers, do I ever have a great "Only Mark" story for you! Definitely one of those situations that probably only I could get into. I'm not sharing details yet, but it should be a good one.Since I'm only teasing you with that story, I'll give you another fun "Only Mark" story that happened recently.So a couple weeks ago, my bosses (they're a married couple) and I decided we

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I've been blogging now for about 6 weeks and have begun to realize somethings about my blog:My blog was supposed to be chock full of funny stories about my life and encounters I have. So far this has not been the case. Up until now, it has actually seemed to be more filled with my rants and complaints, intermixed with a few blow-by-blow replays of my days. No one wants to read this...at least

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Despite my plans for other great accomplishments today (like, say, working) I spent pretty much all day today having work done to my much-storied car (here, here, here & here). Basically, today I spent over $200 that I don't have on various repairs/maintenance to it and probably should have spent at least another $200-300 more! I mean, seriously, if this keeps up, I'm going to have to create a

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And for you REAL fans...here's a throwback, some vintage HIMYM!

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For all you fans out there, here's Marshall's song he composed for the long anticipated slap tonight!

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Remember how yesterday I put off getting my tires looked at? The logic was, "Oh, they're just slow leaks, they won't go anywhere." Well, this morning I got up early to go to church (I was going to early service to be able to go by the tire place and still get other stuff done in the afternoon) and walk outside to see the tire with the "significantly less slow leak" was completely flat. Ugh...

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I have great difficulty finding presents for other people. Birthdays, Christmas, weddings, whatever, I just find it hard to get things for others. (Well, maybe not so much weddings, those are fairly easy for some reason.) I've always had this problem. I remember when I was younger and my mom taking me to the store to find birthday presents for friends and getting really frustrated while I

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I wasn't going to post on this, but a friend of mine was harassing me about this earlier, so I just had to. I'm still breaking in the clogs for this year and it made for a painful day, haha. Walking around doing errands my back was actually quite sore, then my leg started hurting. Then, later tonight, I got a random cramp in my toe! I can't be sure, but I'm just going to go ahead and blame

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Well, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I think it's safe to say that the blog is now an international sensation! Okay, I'm still stretching it. But when checking the stats on my site (yeah, I track you people!), I noticed I had my first visitor from a foreign country! Someone from New Zealand stopped by the blog briefly! (New Zealand is a country right? Or is it part of Australia?)

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Lately, here in good ol' South Kakalak, we've had our first real bursts of fall weather. Well, actually it's been a bit colder than fall, but still, it's finally cool here. That change in weather invites us all to adjust our wardrobes to more fitting cool weather clothes. So tonight after work I had some errands to run and started to get dressed to go out. I didn't really feel like putting on

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I forgot to mention about my busy social life over the last couple weeks. That was part of the reason why it took me so long to get the post up. Last week I attended two Halloween parties in as many days. This is actually kinda funny b/c I don't really like Halloween and refused to dress up for either one.The first party was at the neighbors'. It was on Friday night and I had other stuff to

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Yes...after my longer-than-expected hiatus, I have returned to the world of blogging. If only that hiatus had been spent sunning my self on the shores of some tropical island. Alas, it was just spent here, doing my usual boring life. Oh well.Taking two weeks off from the blog almost got me out of the habit of things, but I wouldn't let it go that easily. I know my waiting public would be

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Well, as I thought, it didn't take Dell the two weeks they said it would to send me the new power cord for my computer. In fact, I recieved the package yesterday morning. Only problem is, they didn't send the right part!! Well, to be fair, they just didn't send me all of the correct part. They only sent me the part of the power cord that connects the AC adapter to the outlet and not the part of

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Posting will be light (more likely non-existent) for the next few days. But don't worry, loyal blog readers, it's not because I drove off a mountain or got kidnapped by the locals with shotguns while out of town last weekend. I did, in fact, make it home safely, but found upon my return that the power cord to my laptop no longer works. It had been acting up for serveral weeks now, but I guess

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Well, I got a few posts up before the weekend, but I had planned to put at least one more up there. Change of plans though...turns out I'm leaving town tonight instead of tomorrow morning as originally planned. I was going to use tonight to write one or two more posts, but guess that's not going to happen now.Anyway, I'm off to my last night at job #2 (yay!!!) and then am heading to the

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DANCING WITH THE STARSMondays, 9pm, ABCI started watching this show last fall during season 3 and, let me say, I was hooked. Lame, I know, but I still love it and get sucked in easily. It's actually one of the few reality shows I watch (save for all those real estate/flipping shows...I pretty much watch all of them). I think I started watching it b/c a co-worker always raved about it, or maybe

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For years I've been joking that they'll deep fry anything in the South. I generally don't eat much fried food personally, but since moving here I've seen almost everything imaginable fried. On restaurant menus I've not only seen the normal fried items: chicken, fish, pork, okra (eww), etc., but have also seen some rather unique things such as fried pickles! (I think that one was actually on the

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Okay, in an effort to not be a lazy blogger, I'm going to encourage myself to post by letting you know things to come. The 'rents are rolling through town tomorrow night, so I won't be blogging then, as I'll be playing host; and I'm heading up to the mountains this weekend, so blogging will be pretty light then as well. Don't worry, though... a weekend with the parents almost guarantees some

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So for a while now I've been telling myself that I've been sedentary for far too long and that it was time to get off my rear and do something active. Joining a gym would be nice (and is still on slate for the future) but frankly, I knew until I could get a personal trainer, the membership would be wasted, as I'd avoid going and wouldn't really know what to do to achieve my desired results when

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So, I've known for some time that there truly is no such thing as free lunch...I mean everything's gotta cost you (or somebody) something. But my dreams of a deeply discounted lunch are becoming dashed now as well.A few months ago my brakes started making noises, so I knew something needed to be done. Not having tons of money to dump into car maintenance, I decide to call up a friend of mine

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TWO & A HALF MENMondays, 9pm, CBSSo here's a show I DVR each week, but probably more out of habit than anything else. Don't get me wrong, I do watch it, but I probably wouldn't be devastated if I ever missed it. I think I started watching it a couple years ago because a former coworker always talked about how funny it is...and because at the time it conveniently came on right after HIMYM. I've

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HOW I MET YOUR MOTHERMondays, 8pm, CBSSo this show is one of the rare few I actually have watched since the first episode. I initially took a chance on it b/c I felt I somewhat identified w/ the plot line and it has definitely grown on me more and more! Of course, for you to know how I identified w/ the plot requires a little back story...time to step into the Wayback Machine!In the first

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So it's been a few days since I've posted and, if I were a good blogger, I'd tell you that was because I was out creating fun stories for everyone to read (and by everyone, I mean those people who will some day in the future accidentally stumble across this blog and will be bored enough to read through the archives to catch up on all the fun Mark stories). Well, the sad truth is, future blog

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So, today was a great day. It was the first Saturday in a long time that I didn't have to work. Well, the first Saturday in a while that I didn't have to work and was actually in town. And, since I got to go to the football game on Thursday night, I didn't have to spend my free day watching the Gamecocks beat some unsuspecting team this week.To start my day, I got to sleep in. I mean, truly

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I felt I should give you some insight into the title of this blog...Only Mark. I suppose Only Mark could be interpreted as some modest or humble way of saying that this is Only Mark's point of view, or just what Mark thinks or something, but frankly anyone who knows me will tell you my ego is much healthier than that. :)Actually the title stems from a series of random events and encounters that

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Well, this blog has been a long time coming. I've been saying for months, "I need to start a blog!" But basically two things have held me up...the title and the first post. As for the title, well, Google helped me pick that by eliminating nearly every other idea I had thought of, but I still had free reign with the first post.Why is this first post so important, you ask? Well, the first post

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