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I Think I Ate 俄罗斯牛胴体

What better way to live life on the edge than to eat random, potentially poisonous packaged goods from foreign lands?? A few Saturdays ago I was looking for a good…

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Mr. Geremy and the Hyper Kids

In December I had the great opportunity to spend a half-day at a pre-school with about 20 amazing kids. I walked into the classroom while the kids were playing musical…

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My First and Only Walking Adventure Ever

Prior to my California Trip my legs and feet had two purposes: 1) roundhouse kicking my assailants, and 2) transporting my body from buildings to my car. After my 8.5+…

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The California Experience

This year I’ve been working as hard as a chinook salmon swimming upstream, so to maintain motivation I avoided taking vacations. Now that the year is almost over I realized…

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Mini-Laptop Gone!

Last Friday I unexpectedly parted ways with my mini laptop. While teaching my Friday night class to my “kiddies” I promised to give my computer away to the person who…

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I Can’t Believe it’s not Cookies

A little-known fact about me is that I’m a huge cookie connoisseur. Oatmeal-raisin cookies make my taste buds sing majestic praises whenever I eat them. I take my cookies seriously,…

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Cirque Du Soleil

Last weekend a friend took me to Cirque Du Soleil for a great show on Randalls Island, NY. The show was packed with randomness, like an audience member being swallowed…

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UNcreative Frame of Mind

I few weeks ago my friend I I found ourselves at a studio where we were got in touch with our inner-child to make creations out of glass. After a…

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Not the Zoo I Remember

When I was 7 years old I went to the Bronx Zoo for the first time. As a sheltered kid, I was enthralled by a zoo that seemed to be…

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Condo Craving

Last weekend I had a terrible, terrible craving for a condo and I needed to satisfy it immediately. When I called my friend to discuss this unique, new “condo craving,”…

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The Horse with a Vendetta

It was a pleasant Saturday afternoon–the birds were chirping, sun was shining and weather conditions couldn’t be better. Happiness was in the air as my friend and I sought to…

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NEV Episode 1: New York, NY

Episode One of “Geremy’s Neverending Vacation,” takes place in the bustling city of New York. I kicked off my NEV plan in New York in a beautiful hotel suite with…

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Oysterrific Christmas Meal

Welcome to 2009…the future—the year when George Jetson, VP of Innovation of Spacely Space Sprockets, introduces the company’s first flying car. Looking back to 2008, I spent my last few…

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The Telefone!

I had a bit of spare time in my life without my laptop, so I decided to create an enterprise-level phone system in my home office. Why?? Because I decided…

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She Died in My Arms

This experience happened to me on October 21st and now I’m finally calm enough to write about it. There she was, sitting on my lap while I did my work.…

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Dentist Trauma

Click here for a Full-Size Image A change in insurance carriers through the company forced me to look for a new dentist to be the caretaker of my pearly-whites. After…

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Mexico: iRead!

Immediately after breakfast I chose a nice cool spot and began reading the book, “It’s Not About the Coffee.” After reading for about 45 minutes I left the spot and…

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Mexico: Beauty Passes

Upon check-in the hotel’s front desk everyone these mighty-morphin-wristbands. My parents both got a gold one, my brother got a red one, and my sister and I both got blue…

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¡Bienvenidos a Mexico!

After a disturbingly long plane ride from NJ to Arizona, then another plane ride from Arizona to Mexico we have finally arrived at our hotel. Since I did not get…

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The Million Mile Mall

My last stop in PA was the King of Prussia mall, or “KOP” as the locals seem to call it. The mall is legendary for being the largest indoor shopping…

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The Harsh ceReality

I eat cereal every single day. For my 22nd birthday I got a cereal dispenser for QUICK DISPENSING POWERRR. At least once a week, I leave work for lunch in…

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Amusement at the Cost of Safety

The exhilarating feeling of being scared on an amusement park ride doesn’t have the same effect when there is a large possibility that you might actually die. The carnival came…