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Links to all the blog posts that have appeared on Jon of All Trades and Eks Axis.

Extortionist

February 22, 2013 Jon 4 Comments

If you’re looking for the most worthless, low-down, extortive, naked cash grab in the city of Denver, you’ll need to drive way the fuck east where it seems like you shouldn’t be in the city anymore. And here you thought the answer was downtown in those poor sad sack motherfuckers who check parking meters for…

Radio

February 19, 2013 Jon 0 Comments

In general, I don’t listen to but one radio station in my hometown, but while on the road, I scan the airwaves. I do this for the same reason I always try to catch a local newscast. Listening to whatever local radio keeps in rotation gives you a good sense for the vibe of the…

Workout Song of the Moment #3

February 13, 2013 Jon 0 Comments

Since my fat ass has actually been going to the gym consistently, I’ve had to add several songs to my workout rotation. What will follow is a periodic update of whichever song has given me added juice on the lifting machines or elliptical trainer. Download these yourselves and enjoy. “Hey” – The Suicide Machines I…

Grub

February 11, 2013 Jon 0 Comments

If you were to ask me this weird hypothetical question “You have to eat something right at this very moment, what’ll it be?” every day at a different time each day for a year, I’d bet solid money that more than 35% of the time my answer would be “a spoonful of Jif.” I cannot…

Epicurean

February 8, 2013 Jon 0 Comments

I quit smoking two years ago, and now I actually have taste. It’s annoying as shit. I taste notes and nuances in everything and can discern subtleties that differentiate a dish between something that’s merely good and something that’s exquisite. I finally understand why my college roommate Keith looked forward to making a fresh salad…

Workout Song of the Moment #2

February 6, 2013 Jon 0 Comments

Bueller

February 4, 2013 Jon 1 Comment

My buddy Jason lent me a Face to Face/Dropkick Murphys split CD, and I was listening to it on my way to work the other day. The Face to Face songs were all decent, but felt like they were from the lesser part of their canon. As I’m pulling into the parking garage, the first…

Siriusly

February 1, 2013 Jon 4 Comments

I cannot fully grasp how Sirius XM satellite radio makes money (it’s possible they don’t and their whole house of cards could come crashing down any minute), but I don’t give a shit. All I know is that I paid for an entire year of service for like a hundred bucks and I’d totally do…

Murderhouse

January 30, 2013 Jon 5 Comments

While eating some frozen entrée for lunch the other day that served as mere delivery device for the bottle of Sriracha I keep in my desk, I read this. The story tells of a Pennsylvania woman who sues the previous owners of her house for failing to disclose that one year earlier, a man named…

Workout Song of the Moment #1

January 28, 2013 Jon 1 Comment