You check CNN in the morning to plan your work day. Your friends have press secretaries. You look at the World News / Current Events section of the paper – to plan your weekend. You can plan your upcoming work week by looking at the press releases at Whitehouse.gov. You walk around with more badges […]
The other day my wife decided that I needed a new pillow. I tend to sweat on pillows, which may be why I needed a new one, and so she bought me a pillow from “Natura.” This is a wonderful new advance in pillow technology, in which the all wool pillow actually wicks moisture away […]
So there I was, having an innocent discussion with an old friend, when what should come up but a question concerning the sin of Onan. Funny old thing, life. The question came down to this: was the sin in simply giving myself a good round of applause, as it were, or was the sin in […]
I’m always loath to call her Number Two Daughter. First, she might take it awry. Second, Number One Daughter already lords it over her siblings on being eldest. And Third, well, she might take it awry – and I’m a little scared of her. She’s fierce. (For those who might not know, it is in […]
Every day, I am grateful to the people who help me deepen my understanding of important words, such as ‘idiot’ and ‘asshole.’ The past two days have included such singular, outstanding examples of both that it’s necessary to give a holla, as it were. In a 10 am staff meeting, I was asked by my […]