Day 490: From Human To Kuman Thong

originally published May 4, 2013 Every so often a headline grabs my attention and won’t let go until the blood has drained from my cranium, leaving me unconscious and limp, like a pile of soggy overcoats in a long-neglected closet. Certainly when I read “Briton Arrested with Roasted Human Foetuses For Use In Black Magic […]

Day 487: The Ghost Clause Of New York State

originally published May 1, 2013 Shopping for a new home is often about as pleasant as prying one’s fingernails back with a pair of pliers, whilst listening to a man who smells of… is that boiling cabbage and hippo farts?… try to sell you an insurance policy in the back row of a Kanye West […]

Day 482: Newman’s Own Hangover

originally published April 26, 2013 A couple weeks ago, I penned a brief history of some of the college antics that I never participated in, mostly because they were obsolete long before I went to school. In some cases (telephone booth stuffing), before I was even born. There are still a number of ridiculous rituals […]

Day 469: This Article Comes In A Pretty Blue Box

originally published April 13, 2013 In the last week I have written about baseball, golf and birds – three topics that my wife finds either tedious or filthy, loathsome and verminous (she really hates golf). Since she comprises the complete demographic of my most devoted audience, I’m thinking I need to make it up to […]

Day 468: The Rad Fads For The Soon-To-Be Grads

originally published April 12, 2013 Today I’m writing with a tiny lead weight tugging at my ventricles, that slight but heavy feeling of a closing chapter. I have spent the last three years getting caught up on my Bachelor’s degree, and today I attend my final classes before getting plunked back into the real world […]

Day 458: Conquering Apathy With The Oregon Experiment

originally published April 2, 2013 One aspect that has been lacking from my university experience is activism. Actually, a number of things have been lacking – keep in mind, I’m returning in my 30s to complete a long-neglected academic career, and I have a family, a job, and no desire to drink until I puke […]

Day 447: My Plea For The Right Size Weekend

originally published March 22, 2013 There are a few topics to which I will almost never turn while searching for fodder for my daily writing regimen. Religion is one, because I don’t feel the need to fuel heated, angry debates any more than I believe I should be pushing my own chosen religion (Jediism, of […]

Day 432: Hitting The Jackpot (Before It Hits Back)

originally published March 7, 2013 After yesterday’s tragic tale of lotto-mania gone bad, I needed to cleanse my perceptual palette. Is there good news to be found among the scant few lottery winners with the infamy required to earn a Wikipedia page? Are the only stories worth reading about filled with tragedy, back-stabbery and lawsuits? […]

Day 430: Rolling The Papal Dice

originally published March 5, 2013 For the better part of a week, Catholics have been popeless, treading helplessly through the murky waters of faith without a leader. And whether you believe that the Pontiff is a God-picked master of the divine, worthy of having the creator of the universe on his speed-dial and fully equipped […]

Day 426: Happy — Day – March Edition

originally published March 1, 2013 Happy birthday mom! With that out of the way… it’s March! The month when spring is summoned by the dripping alarm clock of vanishing snow and sufficiently titillated mercury. When grey gets washed away in green. When the dreary edifice of post-holiday winterishness crumbles into the sea of renewal. Well, […]