My Quest to Bring Karaoke to Mt. Everest
Sometimes, it takes a tragedy to change the way we view the world. For me, it was the story of David Sharp. Sharp was a climber in distress who died 300 feet from the summit […]
Ripping the Headlines Today, 5/29/26
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news, even that about Spirit Airlines crowdfunding, doesn’t need to be complicated or confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is for. […]
To Hell With Correct Posture Month
May is supposed to be a merry month, going back as far as Elizabethan dramatist Thomas Dekker, who wrote the deathless lines: O, the month of May, the merry month of May, So frolic, so […]
You’ll Never Walk a Dog in This Town Again
A 23-year old Russian dog walker attacked a competitor twice her age for poaching clients. The Boston Globe As I idly surveyed the lucite deal trinkets on my credenza my mind wandered back to the […]
Our Luck With Dehumidifiers Has Dried Up
So, our new dehumidifier has WiFi. Yeah, connected by Bluetooth. Which means there’s a computer in yet another of our appliances, which means the dehumidifier can, whenever it gets the order, just take us out. […]
The Curse of the Decorating Zombies
If, like me, you live with my wife, you know the pain endured by men married to women whose principal mode of creative expression–apart from adult ballet classes, and I use the term “ballet” advisedly–is […]
