The kids and I were talking the other day and I was saying that it’s a shame that we can’t decorate our houses with things that stores and restaurants are allowed to decorate with. For example: The giant horses at PF Changs. Why can’t I have them on either side of my front door? […]
Music to Go Into a Coma To
There’s an old-person radio station here in Florida. Go figure. It’s freaking me out a little bit, because it reminds me of Stereo 99, this FM station we had in Youngstown in the 1960s and ‘70s. It was all old people music, mostly instrumental, with some Perry Como and Andy Williams thrown in there for […]
Picture Perfect
Last week’s Newsweek rocked. It was one of the best Newsweeks I’ve ever read. Lately I’ve been going through withdrawal from Newsweek reading, now that I don’t have to go to the orthodontist’s office anymore. In fact, I have no regular, standing appointments at offices with waiting rooms that have magazines in them. JiffyLube sucks. […]
It’s an El Jungle Out There-O
You wouldn’t believe what we south Floridians have to go through down here. It’s a jungle. Really, it’s a tropical jungle where alligators feel they have the right to waddle down the middle of an avenue if there’s a heavy rainstorm, where lizards crawl out from under your computer keyboard when you’re trying to write […]
The My Space Page That Decides a Presidency
Well, it was bound to happen sometime this decade. A My Space page is about to decide the fate of the country. The Republicans are keeping a stiff upper lip (many of them, like Cheney, can’t help it. What’s left of their upper lips is like cold wax) and trying to remain calm, but this […]
Convention-al Lack of Wisdom
I either hate national party conventions or I love them. I can’t decide. I either hate them because they remind me of our high school assemblies, they’re so cornball, they’re full of puns and plays on words, too much emphasis and pauses for clapping, where good politicians can get away with bad, overly dramatic speeches […]