Don’t do this

In the spirit of public service I offer the following suggestions for things you should not do in certain situations. THINGS YOU SHOULD…

The chicken dream

(Caution: contains coarse language.) I just woke up from a dream. It was New Year’s Eve and I was in a grocery store…

Recently a quiz made the rounds on Facebook. “How bitchy are you?” it asked. Clearly it was intended only for fun because I…

(Caution: contains coarse language) The ease with which we move about is nothing short of miraculous. Around town or around the world, we…

It used to be that the anchor in the studio would introduce a story by saying something like, “Now we’ll go to so-and-so…

Dear Food Network, I was there with you at the beginning, when the Two Hot Tamales shared their excitement for the food of…

Mama’s been gone for six years now. It was her last minor act of cruelty that she managed to die just a few…

Several days ago on these pages I waxed lyrical about a certain Frank Sinatra special that appeared on television in November of 1967….

All morning my foot’s been hurting. “What new infirmity has befallen me?” I asked myself. It turns out my infirmity was in the…

(NOTE: Today’s lesson is of the multimedia variety. Open another browser tab with this link and turn up the volume. And keep in…