Miraculous Ironic Juxtaposition with Exceptional Significance

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As I got in my 2001 green and tan Subaru Outback (this will be important later in the sentence) at the local Quikcheck, I noticed that a...
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Ring Out the Bells!

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Let it be known that on the morning of 26th of November, in the year 2014, at approximately 6:55 AM, that Dave parked his minivan perfectly ...

Reading for Pleasure is Fun, But What About Reading For Anger?

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I am bashing my way through Dana Goldstein's comprehensive history of public school teaching in America, and while I'm not exactly e...

This Is the Closest My Dog Will Get to Downhill Skiing (and the Closest I Will Get To Being a Chairlift)

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I've already discussed the pros and cons of the Walky Dog Hands Free Bicycle Leash  but here is a practical use for this wonderful contr...
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You Just Keep On Pushing My Love Over the Borderline

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Apparently, there are dozens of inland immigration checkpoints well within the U.S. border and many U.S. citizens are fighting mad about the...
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Wet Dreams?

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It's easy to fall asleep to the patter of a steady rain, but the erratic drops from a leaky faucet will keep you up all night.

The Tritium Age of Podcasts

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For the past few years, I've grown more and more enthusiastic about podcasts . . . and I wasn't sure why this happened, as the techn...

Serial Hyperbole

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For nine weeks, I've been touting the podcast Serial , and people are finally starting to listen to me-- in fact, there's even a Sla...

Stuff I'll Never Write

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Since I'm never going to write this brilliant treatise, I'm offering it up to the internet: the trial of Hermione in Shakespeare'...
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One Two Three . . . Four?

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Sometimes, early in the morning, when I'm counting scoops of ground coffee as I dump them into the coffee-maker, I realize that I haven&...
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Phones Have Little Screens

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Here are two e-mails from my friend Connell, after I asked him to check out a place on Airbnb: 1) This one looks really tiny to me . . . I...
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Meta-Collisions

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We all know that texting and driving is a deadly combination , but what about all the crashes caused by seeing  someone texting and driving,...

How to Be a Lousy Neighbor (in the Fall)

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I did some research, and-- if you like your lawn-- then you have to rake up the leaves in your backyard, otherwise they will smother the gra...

Savages Lives Up to Its Title

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Even for Don Winslow ,  Savages is especially brutal: two hydroponic marijuana growers take on the Baja Cartel, there is an abduction, and m...
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Sometimes a Tie Isn't Like Kissing Your Sister (Sometimes a Tie is Awesome)

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Friday Night, Liz and Eric hosted the 5th Annual Scary Story Contest (the prompt was "The Hive" and there were eight stories in a...

The Only Good Thing About Umbrellas . . .

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I am admittedly an umbrellist-- I hate those things -- but I have found one good use for them: the I'm going to a picnic and I'm bri...

I Wear Ugly Shoes Because Sitting is the New Smoking

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So if you haven't heard, sitting is the new smoking (even if you exercise)  and chairs are the unassuming enemies that live among us (fo...

Holy Cow! Or Should I Say Holy Owl?

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If you haven't seen the documentary series The Staircase  then I pity you . . . but if you have  seen it, then you need to listen to the...

If You're Near Phoenicia . . .

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If you're anywhere near Phoenicia, New York, make sure to stop at the Phoenicia Diner  . . . the turkey chili is the best I've ever ...

Aphorism of Ian

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My son accused my wife of sitting on his stuffed monkey and she said, "No I didn't!" and then -- much to her surprise-- Ian pu...
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