Brandon Wilson @therealbrandonwilson

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I saw a post on the website Cheezburger.com, which somehow floated to my SmartNews feed. First of all, writing a paragraph and then posting screenprints of comments from social media does not count as anything close to a news story. Nevertheless, since I have personal experience with the topic, I...

Brandon's Pantry

🍣 23 Sushis

🧇 22 Waffles

🥟 21 Dumplings

🍪 12 Cookies

🥚 29 Eggs

🍓 14 Strawberries

🥓 31 Bacons

🍺 23 Beers

🍫 22 Chocolate Bars

🥃 24 Whiskeys

☕️ 26 Coffees

🥩 20 Steaks

🍊 22 Tangerines

🍵 26 Teas

🍍 18 Pineapples

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We will be litigating

Some TikToker named Layah (and I cringe that such a thing exists), who purports to be a Work from Home Expert, recently posted a video citing her issues with her employer's latest directive for her to return to the office.

According to Layah, her employer requires her to return to the...

It's almost as if some guy named Al is superhuman

On a daily basis, I see news stories extolling the accomplishments of some guy named Al. Or maybe that's capital A, capital I. They both look the same in print.

Are there that many popular Als that would cause others to make the same cognitive error? Most of the kiddos probably...

Damaged Goods

This afternoon, I was in the check-out line of my local Piggly Wiggly when the young chap bagging my groceries notified me that the barcode label on a package of deli cheese had been mangled by the conveyor belt. He showed me that the label came right off the package....

A Job History
Dbacks in the World Series

I do not classify myself as a baseball fan. I grew up in Indiana, where basketball is far more popular than baseball. Any chances of me becoming a bonified baseball fan evaporated when I was in college in the late '90s and watched the baseball strike unfold.

I moved to Arizona...

Woman's bladder

This morning, a meeting went long, and I found myself almost reaching into my boxers and pinching off my urethra to avoid the mess that would ensue from urinating while sitting in my office chair. This method is not unprecedented; my college roommate pulled it off one fateful evening when...

So holidays are just for retailers?

We have reached Labor Day weekend in the US. I don't even know why Labor Day is observed. I'm too lazy to ask ChatGPT or go to Wikipedia and then copy/paste those results here. Even if I wasn't paying attention to the calendar, the flood of "Labor Day sales and...

Those are some fancy shoes

In 2016 I was traveling onsite to Baltimore, MD, for my client every other week. My fellow consultant Mike was on the same schedule, and we'd reconnect either in the hotel lobby or in the office.

One Monday morning, when Mike arrived in the office, I happened to notice that he...

Feel good fart

"You ever blast a fart and it feels great?"

"Well, most farts are pretty standard. I have had to hold it in when I'm in mixed company, and when I can finally let it out I have tremendous relief."

"I mean like true pleasure from the act of pushing out a fart."

"No,...

Bacon oil

Several years ago, I worked with a consultant who was born in Chile. English was not his first language, but he spoke English about as well as most native speakers. Every once in a while, though, he would say a word or phrase demonstrating a gap in his knowledge of...