There is another possibility to explain these symptoms - an explanation my wife and I have considered and accepted as true during our long and utterly inexplicable imprisonment in Philadelphia some years ago (A supposedly one year stay turned into eight years of Kafka): that the Greeks had it right and there is in…

These blast points, too accurate for Sand People.

I saw one of these fly some stunts at an air show at Andrews Airforce Base many years ago. Unbelievable - everything else in the air paled in comparison (curiously, the only thing that was comparably impressive was a vintage Corsair, which can do breathtaking things for a prop aircraft).

Oh, come on, you KNOW that was deliberate. The original allegations broke in 2005. The rest of the rest of the world may have paid little attention, but the case was huge news in Philadelphia. Not only is Tina Fey in the entertainment industry, where I am sure the case was buzzed about, but she is also from Upper…

Brevity is the soul of wit. And the original story is a good example of what might happen if a creepy ghost story were to be told by, say, The New Yorker, which is fabulously well written but has never met a four-page story that could not be dragged out to 12 pages for no particular reason. Which is to say, about a…

Clove is one of those spices that should be used only by highly trained professionals, equipped with proper safety equipment. It is not for use around children, pregnant women, or the elderly. I actually have a beef stew recipe that calls for cloves. I happen to like it, but everyone I have ever dated, married,…

Golf without Tiger? Well, it will get really tedious to watch on television.

Not ok. Even if it is magnificent in every respect. Not. O. K.

Maybe we should sink it first, then be all like "oops, I thought it was a real aircraft carrier and got all scared. Sorry."

I once, for no reason other than pure spite, told a panhandler in DC to fuck off. He ran after me, caught up with me at an intersection, and quite rightly gave me a scathing and profoundly articulate lecture about respecting his humanity. There really wasn't much response I could offer other then feeling…

What upsets me about Rob Ford is that he outweighs me by at least 150 pounds and he still has a better vertical leap than I do.

Good thing Catholic University wasn't playing North Texas.

Such a theory ignores the fact that no car should be going in excess of 90 mph in this (or any area) in the first place. It is sort of like blaming the owner of a tree or building for placing it in the path of a speeding vehicle. Or blaming the ground for the fatal impact of a falling airplane.

Whaddya call a herd of cows in a field masturbating?

Possibly, but such people are allowed to vote, which is a problem sometimes.

Holy shit - Until you mentioned "health fairs" I was wondering if you might have been my successor (one of many, all short-lived) at a non-profit where I worked briefly. I could have written this same story almost word for word. Chilling.

Interesting analysis, but I partially disagree that "NO non-black person uses the internal value of the word "nigger" as a justification for a non-black person to keep using the word." There are plenty of those who do argue (stupidly) that because black people use the word, there is some kind of unacceptable double…

This just makes me sad.

29) Question: Why the fuck do you keep putting "quotation" marks around "words" when they are not in fact "Quotes?"

Does including a '72 Charger really help in recruiting the younger generation?