Jets handle rejection like a spurned teenage snob
Is it wrong for me to take great pleasure in the fact that Keith Fitzhugh, a free-agent safety who has played in the NFL as recently as last year, turned…
If my nightmares weren’t already consumed by armed robbers and gunshots to the head, this would most assuredly be my nightly psychological torment
I want to see this film but it’s being released in just five cities. How annoying.
Bare-breasted behemoths and buxom babes not needed
Romance novels are selling exceptionally well in the e-book market, rapidly becoming the best selling genre in the format. This dramatic increase in market share has been attributed to the…
Is the Chamberlen family one of the greatest collections of scoundrels to ever walk the face of the Earth?
Obstetrical forceps are rarely used today, but in the sixteenth century, they were the only hope for mothers whose babies needed to be rotated prior to delivery. Without them, labor…
Topless would have been better
Emily Yofee, in her role as Dear Prudence, offers advice to a married couple who met while the wife was putting herself through college by working at a topless bar.…
Headstones and high-fives
I was back in the classroom on Tuesday after having spent an interesting Monday in Massachusetts. My mom passed away almost three years ago, and I had yet to return…
The thing I do best
I was recently asked by an editor to describe my strengths as a writer, and after some fumbling about, I had to admit that I did not know. It’s a…
It’s the little things that make me feel the most stupid
There are many little things that I cannot do that make me feel stupid. After returning home around 3:00 AM from the Patriots Monday night football game, I found the…
Potential dead friends
I’m in the process of revising my Friendship Application. As I’ve debated new categories to add to my list and the revision of others, I’ve begun to wonder about who…
Cheat cheat never beat. Except by accident.
During a recent visit to our home, my wife’s grandmother asked me, “Did you ever cheat in school? “Absolutely,” I said. “Oh good,” she said. “I can’t stand those people…
