“This Chicken Will Cut You!”…Learning To Pick Your Battles.

At a home goods store somewhere in Texas.

(Originally posted in 2011 🙂 ) Late last night, while surfing the intertubes, I struck comedy gold.  This story has all the requirements of great writing:  a compelling plot, true friendship, some marital tension, a lust for adventure, and last but not least… a five foot tall chicken.  Having come this far, I’m going to have to issue a warning….this may be a ‘Girlie Thing’.  Having said that, the smart guys will consider this valuable opposition research.  And, before any of you try this at home, be aware that you really have to build up to this kind of amazingness…it doesn’t just happen in the first couple years of marriage. 

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