Be careful for the big, fast choo-choo train
How do you think the guy feels? Incredibly stupid or a complete bad ass?
X marks the spot?
I discovered this is my town today. Someone please explain how a business like this operates? More important, what is the purpose of the black circle around the letter X…
Puddle jumping
Clara was jumping in puddles yesterday. She loves jumping in puddles. She actually begins talking about the puddles at the first sign of rain. Yesterday she insisted that I jump…
Not the best tribute to firefighters
When I was about ten-years old, I was awakened from my bed by a firefighter. Rather disconcerting, I can assure you. Our chimney was on fire. Several people stopped their…
The damning and the damned
In almost every relationship, there is one person who is always ready to exit the house and one person who is not. In almost all relationships, these roles never change.…
I wished minor injury on my daughter. Am I a bad father?
I was in the playroom at the museum yesterday with my daughter. There’s a short slide in the room, no more than three feet long, made to look like it…
The single redeeming moment from a classically bad 1980’s sitcom
I’ve never heard of the 1980’s sitcom Day by Day, but from what I can tell, it was undeniably stupid (even though it was created by Andy Borowitz). But it…
Hillary Clinton is sexually suggestive?
You’ve seen the now-iconic photo of US officials being updated on the Bin Laden raid. Right? But have you seen this version of the photograph, published in Di Tzeitung, the…
June 25: Be there.
From one of my agent’s colleagues. I intend on participating. I hope you do as well. _______________________________ Hi everyone, I’ve gotten sick of reading the bookstore obituaries in the publishing…
No nightmares. Just swinish jurisprudence.
I’ve been having some uncommonly awful nightmares the last few nights, which have been good on one level because they force me out of bed around 3:30 or 4:00 in…
