I felt like we’d had enough politics for a while and so was delighted to find a funny little cartoon about a rat …And, boy, is he right. Trump finally announced his awards for “fake news” and they don’t stand up to much examination, being, for the most part, mistakes the press quickly recognized and for […]
Rudy Park scores the only “Last Jedi” mention here for a couple of reasons, starting with my only caring about the film as a social factor and not as a motion picture.I have not seen it and almost certainly won’t, not because I’m the kind of snob who avoids popular films but because of the […]
Retail tries to ruin my mood, but the coffeeshop down the road already has their pumpkin-spice latte sign out, so my mood was pre-ruined for the season.I really like pumpkin pie. I like sweet potato pie more, because it tends to have more texture, but it’s also considerably more elusive, I guess because it’s a […]
The best part about that classic Geico commercial — aside from the number of times the camel says my name — is that, however annoying he may be, the people trying to ignore him are apparently locked into work they don’t enjoy. It’s not like he’s distracting them from something they want to be doing. Which means I […]