I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween. This year’s pumpkin photos are available in the gallery.

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Just bought a pool table. Awwwww, yeah.

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Is the traditional job interview truly dead and buried? I applied for a job at a local company, and got an interview. Or, what I *thought* was an interview. I showed up, all set to go, enthused and everything.

They stuffed me in a tiny cubicle to watch a video and fill out paperwork. When I say tiny, I mean TINY. Veal gets more living space. I filled out the paperwork the best I can, and wait.. And wait. The guy has forgotten about me. I dial his extension, leave a message. Nothing. He finally comes back, opens the door and looks surprised to see me here. Yep, he’s bringing in someone else to do paperwork and had forgotten I’m there.
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Last night I was shot in the back and killed.

Perhaps I should back up and explain. Last night we were doing simulated traffic stops at the citizen police academy. I pulled over a pickup truck for doing 45 mph in a 25 mph zone. Got his license and registration, and when I went to go run it through the computer, he shot me in the back with a Glock 27.

The sad thing is that I had a sneaky suspicion they were going to try something like that with me; I was looking for a weapon, and I was very aware of what was going on while he was getting the registration out of the glove box. Too bad I didn’t see the gun he had tucked under his knee.

I had a conversation with my wife, The Cactus, via text message:

Me: I died.
Her: I cried.
Me: Did you remarry?
Her: No, I just slept around a lot.
Me: Harlot!!
Her: Corpse!

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I just bought tickets for Penn and Teller, at the Rio in Las Vegas. This is going to kick SO much ass.