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It's OK To Be Angry If Someone Mugs You, Part II
This charming story about a mugging victim who offered to give his mugger his coat and bought him dinner has been making the rounds....
sarafoss, 1 December 2011 |
Plagiarism? Or Plagiarism Hoax?
I find the latest plagiarism scandal fascinating, and not just because I took a poetry workshop with the writer, Quentin Rowan, in...
Greatest Toys Ever
Over at Wired magazine, GeekDad lists the five greatest toys of all time. I've played with all of them!
NFL Picks, Week 13
Over at the DG, I make my week 13 NFL picks. Click here to read them.
Judy Blume, Interviewed
I loved Judy Blume's books when I was a kid, and read everything by her that I could get my hands on. Her young adult novel "Then Again,...
Bike Safety Haiku
This is pretty cool: New York City is using haiku to promote awareness of cyclist safety. The poetry is printed on colorful signs,...
Does Sex Addiction Really Exist?
The new film "Shame," in which Michael Fassbender plays a sex addict, has been getting rave reviews. And Newsweek recently ran an...
My New Hero
My new hero is Emma Sullivan, the Kansas teenager who tweeted that Gov. Sam Brownback "sucked." You might think the governor's office...
Babies and Television
We do not have “television” in the proper sense. We watch movies and other programs on DVD. Now, however, this activity has...
Carol of the Beasts
Over at the DG, my colleague Margaret Hartley writes about animals and their fondness for the holidays, and what you can do to help them...
Prout's Neck, Maine, Thanksgiving Weekend
Drinking is Good For You?
We often hear that drinking too much is bad for our health. But research suggests that drinking too little can also be problematic....
Watching "The Muppets"
Over at the DG, I review "The Muppets." Some links: Julie Klausner on why Kermit is a terrible...
Candy As Currency
My son is four. We have celebrated Halloween with him – maneuvering him into a getup and shuffling him around the neighborhood...
My First Black Friday
I don’t participate in Black Friday. Our family usually heads out to a movie that day and avoids the holiday retail experience....
Anne McCaffrey, R.I.P.
I wanted to note the recent death of novelist Anne McCaffrey, who wrote the excellent fantasy series Dragonriders of Pern, which I...
On Hating
I've been known to be somewhat free with my use of the word hate, prompting my father to once observe, "We didn't raise you to hate."...
Inside the Bank Bailout
Bloomberg did a bang-up job with today's report on the bank bailout. The first four paragraphs are enough to make your blood boil....
My Christmas List
Over at the DG, I post my Christmas list. Click here to read it.
Why You Should Go To Guam
Back in August my company reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in an assignment in Guam, the island territory of the...
Who's The Boss?
Over at the DG, I write about my manipulative cats. Here's an excerpt: "My cats were both strays when I acquired them about 12...
Rethinking Office Sprawl
When I worked in Birmingham, my office was located downtown, and you could easily walk to restaurants and offices. During one fire...
Hooray! The NBA is Back!
I wrote about my sadness over the NBA lockout a couple weeks ago. Well, now the NBA is back, and I'm very happy. Games should resume...
NFL Picks, Week 12
Over at the DG, I make my week 12 NFL picks. Click here to read them.
Pepper Spray Cop Meme
I'm a big fan of the Pepper Spray Cop meme. It manages to take something disturbing and make it ... disturbingly hilarious. The Week...