Lost Journal: The Soft Rock Café
Journal entry: March 23, 2005 (age 35) Last night, I dreamed I was at the grand opening of a Margaritaville. (That’s another way of saying “the following material … Read more
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And Lukewarm Was His Name-O: Romney Endorsements
You don’t need a psychoanalyst to detect the latent theme running through the endorsements currently showering Mitt Romney like broken rain gutters pouring down on a concrete toadstool. … Read more
Ask Gabby Peter-Sploot, Sex Expert
DEAR GABBY: I figured I needed to take this to a sex expert like you. My wife wants me to boink her with a banana, then bake it … Read more
Anheuser-Busch, Drunk on Greed
Big brewers like Anheuser-Busch frequently admonish us imbibers of their grain products to “drink responsibly.” Well, I say back to them: Lobby responsibly. In particular, I point to … Read more
Sugar: Does It Make You Dumb?
“Sugar in the morning/Sugar in the evening/Sugar at suppertime…” My late father would often burst into those lyrics from the 1958 McGuire Sisters hit “Sugartime.” Little did he … Read more
Lost Journal: On Real Estate Closing Day, You Sign Your Life Away
Journal entry: May 18, 2006 (age 37) “Closing.” The word frightens me. My wife and I know purchasing our first home is a good thing, of course. It … Read more
Lost Journal: Every Man’s Castle Needs a Throne
Journal entry: April 8, 2006 (age 36) Home ownership is a scary prospect for my wife, Amanda, and me. In our years as apartment dwellers, we have never … Read more
Evoluting Fabulously
A thousand rainbows of congratulations to Barack Obama for bursting out of his own personal policy closet and fabulously proclaiming he believes “same sex couples should be able … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: Democrats & More
George Clooney hosts a lavish fundraising dinner for President Obama at his Beverly Hills home tonight. It’s top-drawer. Wolfgang Puck was hired to cook for the guests and … Read more
Should College Football Be Abolished?
Does Buzz Bissinger score a touchdown with you, or do you find him personally foul? The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist (author of the 1988 bestseller and cautionary tale “Friday … Read more
