The Colbert Questionert
Fans of Stephen Colbert may be aware of the Colbert Questionert: "15 questions to cover the full spectrum of human experience" After listening to Jon Stewart answer some of them…
Bad open mic nights already exist, people.
It's weird how Board of Education meetings have turned into bad open mic nights. Right? Just a month into the new school year, I've seen a video of woman in…
The movie is just the beginning…
We watched the movie Holes last week. Good movie. Much better book. I highly recommend it. Charlie and Clara both loved the film. The next morning, Charlie hopped onto his…
Why my marching band was bizarre and amazing
A piece in Alpha Mom extolls the virtues of a marching band. I couldn't agree more. Just so we're clear: Competitive marching bands perform elaborate routines on football fields, typically…
Ghosting sucks
Ghosting — the silent, unexplained method to ending relationships — can have negative consequences that result in internalized emotional conflict on both the person being ghosted and the ghoster, a…
McRib is back
Masks are important, and I'm a big believer in original, clever, or an amusing signage, but joking about the McRib being back when it's not actually back is not funny.…
Teachers who don’t do don’t know.
The problem with this English teacher is they presumed to know something they do not. I don't know a single author who would've responded differently to this student's request. Also,…
You don’t get to have nice things.
Last week Howard Stern blasted unvaccinated Americans on his radio show, equating a vaccine mandate as “freedom to live.” “We have no time for idiots in this country anymore, we…
“Whistleblower” is probably unrealisitic
Two whistleblowers recently scored $114 million from the Securities and Exchange Commission, bringing the total amount paid out by the SEC whistleblower program over the past decade to over $1…
Ferris Bueller holds up. Except for the phones.
Here's something no one tells you when you become a parent: The day will come when you can show your children classic movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off for the…
