Spreading the McRib and other good news
Over the last week or so, I have been yearning for a McRib, which my local McDonald's is now offering for a limited time only. Frightening words for a McRib…
Over the last week or so, I have been yearning for a McRib, which my local McDonald's is now offering for a limited time only. Frightening words for a McRib…
I’ve been collecting a list of lessons that I have learned from my first two years of parenting. The list was getting long so I thought it was time to…
Sometimes the correct pronunciation is still the wrong pronunciation. Two words in particular: Macabre, which can be pronounced muh-kah-bruh or muh-kahb, should never be pronounced muh-kab-bruh. It sounds clunky and…
Whenever I play golf, I find myself meeting new people and having to answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" This is tricky for me. I often…
I take a perverse pleasure in seeing the political signs for candidates who I despised well after the election is over. It’s a pleasant reminder of how well things worked…
I said it a week ago when I saw this ad for the first time (and foolishly failed to record my prescience here): In the age of the mash-up, there…
I am, among other things, a teacher and an author. As a child, I wanted to be a teacher and an author, so things worked out well. My childhood dreams…
Fans of the NPR radio show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (and grammar nerds), please explain this: When Carl Castle is asked how many points a contestant needs to win,…
Tim Graham of ESPN writes: The Jets want Mark Sanchez to stop pouting. To force Sanchez into acting as regal as a franchise quarterback should, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and…