He Shot His Eye Out!
Ever wonder what happened to Ralphie, the child star of the beloved movie ‘The Christmas Story’? The one who absolutely had to have a Red Ryder BB gun from Santa for Christmas or he would […]
Year: 2022
The Red-Blooded Boy’s Guide to Fashion Week
When I was growing up–I know, that begs the question–if I wasn’t gigging frogs or shooting marbles I used to wile away my idle hours hanging out at my father’s business. What boy doesn’t want […]
Drive Safer and Get a Divorce?
In January, we switched our car insurance and in doing so, we received a request from our new company, Liberty Mutual, to download their “safety app” so they could measure our driving skills. I hate […]
Mardi Gras For Yankees
As a former New Orleans resident I wish to inform you readers in the northernmost part of this country (and I’ll throw you Canadians reading this into this mixture too) that Mardi Gras works well […]
My Parents Never Told Me I was Chinese
My parents named me Timothy Edward Jones, a boring Christian-sounding name. They were good people. They tried to raise me to become a decent, caring person. They sent me to very good high school and […]
Mapping the Human Genome for Dummies
Isadore Singer, one of the most important mathematicians of his era, took correspondence courses to learn the prerequisites for relativity and quantum mechanics. Obituary, The […]
FDA Approves Vaccine That Prevents Singer-Songwriter Syndrome
Responding to an epidemic of young, earnest singer-songwriters ruminating about their past relationships in interminable interviews on National Public Radio, the Food and Drug Administration has given Pfizer permission to market Silencia, the first vaccine […]
