I’m a pet owner and I like give my boys something good to eat, so in addition to their dry and tinned food, I like to throw in a little bit of beef or chicken. Essentially, I like to up the food […]
The suicide lane is the quaint name for the turn lane. It’s a pretty clever device. Instead of dozens of dedicated turn pockets in the middle of the road, there’s a central lane, which can be used by vehicles in either direction […]
I don’t consider myself a sports snob, but I’m sorry some sports aren’t just sports–like cheerleading. There are cheerleading competitions in the US. There’s even a push for it to become an Olympic sport. Now I don’t mean any disrespect to cheerleaders, […]
Movies and books have kicked up so many iconic lines over the years. Some I really love and I wish I’d said them. Not one to be deterred, I’ve made it my aim shoehorn in some of my favorite movie lines in […]
I despise Big Bird. I don’t care that he’s an employee of the Children’s Television Workshop. The second I see that long-limbed, yellow freak, I develop a sudden bout of Tourette’s syndrome and I want to go Bobby De Niro on that […]
I’ve just finished up the follow up to DID NOT FINISH this weekend, so I’m between books. Before I start a new book, I enter a phase which I call Mulling. So here’s a piece I wrote from a few year ago. […]
A few years back, I was kneecapped playing soccer. I was about to clear the ball when a guy carrying an advantage of 30 pounds and 12 inches of height body-checked me. When he struck, my foot was planted in the turf […]
I don’t like Piñatas. For those who don’t know what the whole piñata celebration is, here it is in a nutshell. A piñata is a figure, traditionally a seven-pointed star (it’s a deadly sins thing), but more commonly an animal or cartoon […]
Are you clumsy? Do you find it difficult to cope with the challenges the modern world throws at you? Do you wish there was some gadget that would solve problems in your daily life? Are you amazed by the simplest solutions, especially […]
I’m breaking with tradition for my Hump Day Post and posting something by the great John Cleese. I just wish I could be this funny. 🙂 ALERTS TO TERROR THREATS IN 2011 EUROPEBy John Cleese The English are feeling the pinch in […]