Lost Journal: The Birth of ‘The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club’
Journal entry: May 23, 1991 (age 22) In my middle school days, I stayed up late every Friday night to watch Second City Television, or SCTV. The show … Read more
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Campaign Treasure Hunters
From out of the green mist enveloping the campaign doldrums they come. Relentlessly. Doggedly. Cattedly. Trudging, blank-faced and soulless. Armies of cash-hungry zombies brandishing partisan pickaxes, shovels and … Read more
Toiling in Obscurity: Sprayin’ The Blues Away
How to rise above a life of back office obscurity By Elena Bonsignori I don’t get to sign my work or discuss it with Oprah. Every single fat … Read more
Cartoonist Isabella Bannerman: Funny at 51
“Six Chix” contributor Isabella Bannerman has always loved making people laugh “Now that I’m 51,” cartoonist Isabella Bannerman tells me, “cartooning is easier than it’s ever been. I … Read more
Father’s Day: A Survival Guide
I’m counting on last autumn’s funeral to help me put Father’s Day in the proper perspective. The day after Thanksgiving our beloved 14-year-old cat Mewsilla surrendered the last … Read more
What’s New in Food
Attention foodies: Let’s chow down! Forget organic, locavore, omega3, umami, artisanal and all the other signposts of the healthy, ethical and refined “good food” movement, there are important … Read more
Advice: Men Who Don’t Love Women Enough And How To Shoot Them
Q: Janice and Edward have been married for twelve years. They have two children. Edward is an accountant. Edward and Janice have sex once a week, on Wednesday … Read more
Argus Has Fun with the News: Cannibals & More
New York is in the news, having banned public school teachers from social media contact with students to try to stop teacher-student sex hook-ups. The epidemic has spread … Read more
Lost Journal: Hitting the Junior Prom Jackpot
Journal entry: October 15, 1985 (age 16) A particularly Sloppy Joe fell out of my hands and onto the cafeteria table. “WHO wants to go to the prom … Read more
The Potemkin Candidate
Permanently capitalizing the P in Presumptive Nominee, the Texas primary shoved Mitt Romney right over the delegate precipice, and now with the nomination locked up tighter than a … Read more
