The evils of swashbuckling action and very bad weather.
Have you noticed that in addition to a simple rating, the Motion Picture Association of America adds a reason behind the rating to each and every movie that appears on…
Have you noticed that in addition to a simple rating, the Motion Picture Association of America adds a reason behind the rating to each and every movie that appears on…
This product should not be referred to as a puppet. Puppets speak. They sing. They romp and play. They make children laugh. I don't want to know what these puppets are…
It’s the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Goonies this week. I loved the film, as all children of the 1980s should, but I always had one big problem with it. At…
In graduate school, I learned about the way in which researchers use the Likert scale in order to determine personal preference. If you’re not aware, the Likert scale is the one…
CHICKEN SHACK features a funeral home turned fried chicken restaurant and was inspired by the conversion of Blackstone Potato Chips to a funeral home in the town in which I…
A week ago I posted a fascinating ten-minute video on how time perspective differs within people. To further the discussion, Jason Kottke summarized the six different time zones in which…
When I first saw this guy on his bike in the McDonald’s drive-thru, I thought, “Look at this guy riding his bike through the drive-thru. What a dork.” But as…
For the price of one million dollars per year, you can have the home telephone number and 24-7 access to self-help author and motivational speaker Tony Robbins. I realize that…
A few of my friends were recently bemoaning their farmer’s tan. Basically, it’s the tan that one acquires by wearing a tee-shirt in the sun. Quite common for those of us…
I distrust flowery, ostentatious names, as well as any name that attempts to make something sound more cosmopolitan or international than it actually is. In this spirit of distrust, I…