It’s Just Not Worth It
There’s nothing funny about drinking and driving. You risk creating a tragedy for yourself, other people, and their friends and families. If you get caught, your insurance rates are bound to soar and you just […]
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.
Who Says The New York Times Isn’t Funny?
People think that America’s preeminent newspaper is dry and humorless. Not true. Consider this excerpt from a recent story on MF Global: As the firm’s leader, Mr. Corzine was upbeat about it’s future, writing an […]
How To Cut Costs
Nothing has really changed over the last few years. Bank profits are soaring but real wages are stagnant. The middle class is stumbling. Congressmen on the take offer fake admiration for “simple, hardworking Americans” while […]
At The Failing Intersection
I live near a failing traffic intersection. This junction is graced by an old-school light with no green turn arrow and a miniscule time-delay between red and green. The intersection connects two main thoroughfares. The […]
Remember These Station Wagons?
We’re driving two hours north to Vermont to go skiing. My three sisters and Uncle Steve, a friend of the family, have shed most of their layers to accommodate for the heater, which is blasting […]
Signs That He’s Probably Not The One
He proposed during your performance review at work. His investment fund hasn’t had a single negative quarter since 2005. Everyone was dressed in camouflage at his father’s wedding. He wears animal skins and commands people […]
Fun At The DMV
Walking into the DMV to register our car, I consider the Buddhist belief that enlightenment requires a “joyful embrace of the sorrows of the world.” If there’s one perfect place to test this hypothesis, it’s […]