Day 516: Because It’s May 30

originally published May 30, 2013 I don’t normally do this, but then this is no normal occasion. Today is the birthday of one of the finest people I know. Some would say he is the perfect brother, in that I love the guy like family, yet share no actual biological connection to him, which is […]

Day 488: A May-Long Party Of Gardening, Gobbling And Geekery

originally published May 2, 2013 Happy May, everybody! Well, happy May yesterday. I was about 280 words into my article about ghosts and New York State real estate law when I realized I was supposed to pen my monthly kilograph on the observances you might not find on your Walmart-purchased The Abs Of Jersey Shore […]

Day 457: Beer, Boobs, Bands & Bongs – Happy April!

originally published April 1, 2013 It’s April 1, a day when I can proudly post my retirement from this 1000-day project, only to retract it in a smartly-placed “APRIL FOOLS” at the end of the article. But I won’t do that. I respect my audience too much. Also, pulling a prank on April Fools Day […]

Day 454: Topping The Market, Part II

originally published March 29, 2013 The beauty of what some call ‘useless trivia’ is in its ephemeral nature. The facts and statistics under this heading are fleeting and transitory, often surpassed or rendered obsolete before they’ve made their way through the populace. Yet the good ones will merit a raised eyebrow, a muttered “huh”, or […]

Day 453: Topping The Market, Part I

originally published March 28, 2013 In my never-ending (well, not for another 547 days) quest to ensconce myself in the fluffy warm glow of superfluous and unnecessary trivia, I occasionally rely on lists to feed my cravings. I don’t present a lot of “top ten” lists here, partly because that format has been scribed to […]

Day 429: Ready, Aim, Sue! (Patent Law Edition)

originally published March 4, 2013 Not long ago, during that fabulous festive quartet of articles known as Vegas Week, I pointed out that the Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas sign was created by Betty Willis and released into the world with no copyright. Betty wanted that design to be her gift to the city she […]

Day 400: All About The 400’s

originally published February 3, 2013 Introducing the stars of my next one hundred days. Though they’ll eventually adopt stories of their own over the next three months and eleven days, I thought it would be a good time for me to get to know who they are. So here, I present to you The 400’s […]

Day 399: The Waffle House Index & Other Weird Metrics

originally published February 2, 2013 When news of an impending disaster fills every little sweaty crevice of our eternal news cycle, we hear every breed of expert chiming in with their damage predictions, safety warnings, and helpful advice for sneaking up on your neighbor with a blunt object to steal his food. You know, just […]

Day 380: The Balance Of Morality, And The Putz Who Lives Next Door

originally published January 14, 2013 So it seems I have a moral dilemma. I live next door to a man – we’ll call him Mr. Crotchrot. Late last summer, Mr. Crotchrot decided he didn’t care for the modest thicket of weeds growing between my garage and his fence. It hadn’t quite evolved to Degobah proportions, […]

Day 366: My State-Of-The-Madness Address, Year 1

originally published December 31, 2012 As I pull the final leafy page off my Lozenge-A-Day calendar (cool! It’s a green Zuigtablet from Holland!), I feel I should take a few moments (specifically, a thousand words’ worth of moments) to reflect on the past year, and on the madness that kept me glued to this project […]