Soldier on through....

I live in a sitcom. There is no other way to say it. On Fridays at the office we usually crack open a beer around 2 pm or so. It's all good. We don't operate heavy machinery.

So with that in mind, what happened on Friday morning was a bit of a shock.

Kat (27 years old, mom of 3, 2 different dads, twice divorced) came in like she usually does on Friday.

Hung over.

She worked at her second job (it will pay for her new boobs) until 10 pm and then partied until 3 AM at townie bars.

I felt her pain, since I went to bed at 9:30 PM and got up at 4 am.

Ahh our lives are so interchangable.

Around 9:30 in the morning there is an email saying there are bagels in the cafeteria. A co-worker asks me if I am going to get one. I say sure and we grab a bagel.

I am back at my desk at 9:45 AM.

As I pass Kats desk I see an empty beer bottle.

I say "Did you just drink that?"

Kat says "Best thing for a hangover dude!"

This is the world I live in.

December is a busy month for me. Obviously Christmas makes it busy, but my wife, my mother, my brother, and my brothers girlfriend all have birthdays in December.

To deal with all of the birthday madness my family has one dinner for all of the bday kids. It's a fun tradition and since I don't see my folks for Thanksgiving, it's almost like a post Thanksgiving.

We get there before my brother and his chick come over. My dad excitedly mentions that they have HBO.

Welcome to 1997 dad.

My brother lives at home as well and when he comes home he mentions that they have HBO.

This I think is a big deal for my family. My brother is saying he has been watching Curb your Enthusiasm on demand.

Now at this point my brothers girlfriend is over.

Dinner isn't quite ready so we decide to watch an episode of Curb.

It turns out that the episode isn't really appropriate for my son so we stop the episode.

When you stop on demand shows it takes you to a "saved programs" menu. Basically anything you have watched in the past 24 hours is on this menu.

The Curb episode is there but so is something else.

"Cathouse 02"

The cathouse series is a family series from HBO late night. It tells the story of fatherless girls who grow up and move to a house in Nevada.

This house provides all the needs for them. Food, shelter, clothing. All they have to do is charge men for sex.


Yes folks it's a show about a brothel. Since my dad can barely use the remote to turn the TV on, I think it's safe to assume that my brother is getting the most use out of HBO On Demand.


So we are sitting there in front of the 60 inch TV with "Cathouse 02" on the screen. I am laughing my ass off and my brother is turning red with his parents and girlfriend in the room screaming to get out of that menu.

Enjoy HBO little brother.