The Other St. Paddy’s Day Fails
When you think of Saint Patrick’s Day fails, you usually picture some drunk guy dressed all in green doing something he’ll regret when pictures of his night out hit the internet. There are plenty of […]
Author: Thomas Sullivan
Thomas Sullivan is the author of So Much Time, So Little Change (a book of essays published by Wayman Publishing). It is available at Amazon in print and Kindle. Thomas lives in Seattle.
Adventures In Continuing Education
The other day I read an article about a local class that dudes get referred to by the courts after getting busted for patronizing a sex worker. Apparently attendance at these classes is quite good […]
Is Your Relationship “Fridge Compatible?”
Say you’re dating someone. Your romantic interest is funny and nice, but there’s still a chance you’re not compatible in the long run. So what do you do? Ask your friends for their opinion? Hire […]
Cotton Candy For The Paranoid
A group of GOP senators recently sent an “open letter” to the leaders of Iran. The letter warned that any nuclear weapons deal being negotiated by President Obama and leaders of other countries could be […]
Where The Utterly Fearless Test Their Mettle
When people learn that I once taught driver education to teenagers, they usually ask some variant of the question “Did you ever come close to dying?” I ignore the one terrifying instance where a student […]
Guys, It’s Time To Take Control Of The Narrative
Two drunken Secret Service agents recently crashed their car into a White House barricade following a retirement party for a fellow employee. It’s funny how a retirement party honoring one person often leads to more […]
A New Criminal Registry We Desperately Need
The Utah state legislature is considering a bill that would create an online registry for white-collar criminals convicted of felonies. Modeled upon the ubiquitous sex-offender registry, the white-collar registry is intended to deter ponzi schemers […]
Consulting For The Big Dogs
We see these stories fairly often. A CEO of a huge but struggling company gets let go. The company doesn’t want the negative publicity from giving the guy a huge severance package, so they retain […]
Trouble In Paradise?
The Washington Post is reporting that the Islamic State appears to be fraying from within. This from their March 8th reporting: The Islamic State appears to be starting to fray from within, as dissent, defections, […]
Somebody Up There Has A Sense Of Humor
Everyone has heard that old saying “It’s funny until someone gets hurt…then it’s hilarious.” I’d say this story meets those conditions. It concerns a court case spurred by an incident at a New Jersey Applebee’s. A plaintiff recently […]