Behind the Times

Years ago, my mother tried to nudge me into the legal field, not because of the earning potential, prestige, or ability to make a lateral move into politics or other sell-your-soul careers, but simply because I like to argue.
And while I find law fascinating in many respects, I would never want to be a lawyer. […]

Finally, after the oven of August is over, fall has arrived and the world has cooled, bringing with it the placating slowness of body and spirit as the energy drops in both thermometers and humans alike and we both feel the chill, which really, if you think about it, is the only real similarity between […]

How could i resist, sarcastic bastard that I am, from mentioning some of the more ridiculous and just plain inane profiles I’ve seen on my forays into the wilderness of online dating? Since I’ve left the world of online dating, I figured it’s time to show you what the proverbial other fish look like. As […]

Sitting out on a worn and tattered couch, tossed haphazardly amongst the poorly cared for lawn deep in the underbelly of the college-housing district in some town, a party raging inside evolving to its own circadian rhythyms, I nursed a poorly made beverage and watched as the sun began its lazy decent below the horizon. […]

By now, most everyone has seen the JibJab parody of Woody Guthrie’s song “This Land” which has been sweeping the ‘Net.
While the creators of this parody, in my mind, are comedic geniuses and have latched on to a bi-partisan, middle of the road parodic stance that seems to sit well with all constituents, the fact […]