Under the heading of: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up or Only in New Jersey, comes this police brief from The Sparta Independent: Sparta — Sparta police reported last week that a 15-year-old Sparta High School sophomore donned a mask from the movie “Scream” and burst into Spanish teacher Kelly Uschnig’s classroom last Tuesday around 2 p.m., spraying […]
Fun With Mug Shots
How embarrassing for Nick Nolte. That Hawaiian shirt is SO last year. In my quest to get my son a driver’s license, I’ve been spending a lot of time in the DMV. For unexplained reasons, there are no magazines in the DMV waiting room. You’re not allowed to use your cell phone, you’re not […]
KFC and the C Stands for Cool
Just when I thought I had life all figured out, a fast food chicken related dilemma has reared its scrawny head. It seems that KFC – aka Kentucky Fried Chicken, aka arch enemy of animal rights organizations, aka sellers of bucket-o-heart disease, aka the Thing That Makes Kentucky Marginally Better Known Than Tennessee – […]
I Love Mail
I don’t admit this to too many people, but if you know me at all it won’t surprise you: The biggest highlight of my day is going to the mailbox to get the mail. And I’m talking about days when I go out to a real restaurant for lunch, get a new pair of […]
Crazy Day at the Mart
I can’t believe it, but it was Crazy Day at Walmart again yesterday. It seems like just a week or so ago, it was Crazy Day. I remember it because it was the day some old guy stopped in the middle of the baking supplies aisle and stooped down to tie his shoe and […]
When Teenage Drivers Attack
Quick quiz: At a four-way stop, who has the right of way? This guy. My son is learning how to drive. It would be much funnier if I could tell you stories about him driving on the wrong side of the road, careening into telephone poles, mowing down old ladies or forgetting to adjust […]