Perhaps my publisher should triple the price of my book
It is a sad fact that price seems to equate to pleasure in human beings. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology recently studied a subject’s reaction to wine after…
Future caveman?
I took a misanthropic quiz today. I turned out to be 70% misanthropic. The results read: Here's the truth: Most people suck. You are just lucky enough to know it.…
Cruel design
I don’t understand bikes. Have you ever noticed that the placement of the bar connecting the front half of the bike to its back end is different on a traditional…
Nuking the Earth over and over again
I’m not sure if I feel less worried about nuclear war, considering the mind-numbing number of nuclear devices that have been detonated over the past fifty years, or more frightened…
Animated Jewish philosopher
A reader recently asked me why I was using a South Park character as my profile photo on Goodreads and on several other social networks. I had to explain that…
How am I ever going to explain Ghostbusters to her?
There are certain things that I will never be able to fully explain to my daughter. Here’s one: The theme song to the film Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr. went…
A friend who understands me completely.
A friend read my post regarding "Yo Momma" jokes and the death of my mother. He said, “You know, if I didn’t know you better, I’d think that you were having…
Weiner envy
Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner’s iPhone app was released today. It looks excellent. But I am annoyed. I created an iPhone app about six months ago that brings all my content…
When your mom dies…
On a happier note... You’ve got a pretty good comeback to anyone trying to use a “your momma” joke on you (which I tell my students to never, ever use).…
Unanswered questions that will never be answered
When your mother dies, you no longer wish for the courage to confront her about incidents in the past that you've never understood or harbored anger over for years and…
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