My ugly golf swing
My friend, Scott, is an excellent golfer. He hits the links about three times a year, uses the same driver from ninth grade and is quite capable of shooting under…
Feminine hygiene products meet SOMETHING MISSING
Ever think that your feminine hygiene product could use a little more pizazz? Kotex did, and that’s why they are sponsoring a design contest that allows you to “Make your…
Plastic beats paper
Last week, this section of my local grocery store displayed the bestselling fiction and nonfiction of the week. It has been replaced by a display of gift cards for places…
Tough beyond measure
My sister is hardcore. My sister was hit by a car in 2005 while trying to run across the highway at night. Thrown fifty feet through the air, the only…
Wouldn’t you rather watch me clip my toenails?
MSNBC will run twenty hours of royal wedding coverage on the day that what’s-his-name and what’s-her-name get married. My initial reaction was disgust at a news agency for turning itself…
A dramatic reading of Gwyneth Paltrow’s cookbook
As I work on a semi-autobiographical book on productivity, I will keep this video in mind and attempt to avoid the pitfalls of self-indulgence:
Killer tornados not OK
I’ve never liked the abbreviation for Oklahoma. Abbreviations should never spell words that could later be misconstrued as the actual word. Case in point: Today’s headline from the Daily Beast…
I do not understand teenagers who fail to rebel
My wife tells me that a former student, now in college, is engaged to get married. I raise my eyebrows, surprised at the early age in which she has decided to…
In defense of revision
Two of my favorite television shows of all time, and two of my wife’s favorite television shows of all time, are remakes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a remake of a…
Visual representation of a specific human emotion
This is what “No, we can’t have ice cream for dinner” looks like:
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