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Hey Folks, It’s a Book Launch Party
(Readers: Due to technical difficulties I am unable to upload images…for now. See also my main site by clicking on Etc.Guy.) Earlier this week I spoke to the Chico Authors & Publishing Society, on how a 51-year-old guy set up … Continue reading
Hockey Bag Violates Air Space
(Hockey Player Magazine, May 2014) Humans are among the smelliest creatures in the animal kingdom. We share the “Smelly Top Five” list with the wolverine, Tasmanian devil, polecat, and skunk. Hockey players are a unique subgroup. Though we are extremely … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
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A Visit to the Hair Stylist
Category: A visit to the hair stylist Anxiety Level: Depends Level of Difficulty: Also Depends Result of Blowing It: Really Depends My daughter, Kate, and I visited the hair stylist. Guys visits barbers, gals go to “stylists.” I need … Continue reading
Dad’s Promise Leads to Butt-Kicking
I haven’t trudged like that since my walk to the principal’s office. My shoulders sagged and my head drooped. The parking lot seemed a mile wide. I called my wife, Hun. “We’re loading up.” “How’d Maggie do? You sound beat.” … Continue reading
Posted in Parent and Kids
Tagged Boreal Ski Area, breckenridge ski area, Burton snowboards, chico, Copper Mountain, eric miller free lance writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, Monarch Ski Area, Olympic snowboarding, promise keepers, promises, Queen, Sugar Bowl, USA Snowboard team, We Will Rock You
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Daughter’s Make-up Saves Dad Before Photo-shoot
No one knows the hour nor day. I’m not referring to prophecy, but to an odd situation everyone invariably suffers, whether you’re a high school kid on a date, an adult preparing to deliver a sales pitch, or God forbid, … Continue reading
Words of Wisdom – W.C. Fields
I’ve had a dose of writer’s block this past week. After spending many hours, and seven drafts, on a particular piece I decided to round-file that story. This quote seems to fit: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try … Continue reading
Posted in Words of wisdom
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Even Hockey Coaches Have Hearts
Published in the Chico Enterprise-Record, Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph & Hockey Player Magazine (2012) “I thought this may interest you,” the email said. In the subject heading was a name, Wayne Marshall, my high school hockey coach. I expected the … Continue reading
Dad’s Old Ski Gear Causes a Stink
“You stink.” No, it wasn’t an old hockey coach griping about my lousy shot, but another person of high esteem. My wife, Hun, pinched her nostrils while Kate sprang for the Lysol®. “It’s bad. The dogs howl and the cats … Continue reading
Posted in Parent and Kids
Tagged Aspen, breckenridge ski area, chapstick, chico, Chico Enterprise Record, Copper Mountain, duct tape, eric miller humor writer, etcguy, etcguy facebook, etcguy freelance writer, etcguy twitter, Lysol, Mt. Disney, naproxen, norcal blogs, Old Spice, Sierra Nevada Brewery, Sugar Bowl Ski Area, Vail
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Words of Wisdom – Will Durst
“My wife and I are trying to live within our means. We went from a $750,000 house to a $350,000 house, and didn’t even have to move.” Will Durst, American political satirist, b 1952 ### PS Readers: I recently … Continue reading
Eighty Year Old Patrick McManus Still Hunts for Laughs
“My career doesn’t seem to be that it was one. But it’s been fun.” Patrick McManus, Outdoor writer, columnist and New York Times best-selling author We met at a Spokane restaurant two weeks before his 80th birthday. I arrived the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor Project - Interviews, The Humor Project
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