My friend Mike (a dreaded New Yorker) is addicted to infomercials. Not only does he sit on the couch watching them for hours on end, he actually buys stuff too. Lots of stuff. He showed me a closet one time…
My friend Mike (a dreaded New Yorker) is addicted to infomercials. Not only does he sit on the couch watching them for hours on end, he actually buys stuff too. Lots of stuff. He showed me a closet one time…
I finally faced one of my biggest fears a couple days ago. No, I’m not talking about bungee jumping or skydiving. Nor do I mean to suggest that I overcame my fear of public speaking. Incidentally, that’s the single biggest…
I overheard my wife having a strange conversation on the phone the other day. She was talking with her longtime friend Amy about how she thought purchasing the specially designed doggie couch might be a bit extreme. “But it’s so…
Kyle Farnsworth is a relief pitcher for the famed New York Yankees major league baseball team. That is, until he was traded to the Tigers in a late-season move to improve their chances of making the playoffs. At this point,…
It’s not every day a guy gets to talk to an old friend he hasn’t heard from in over fifteen years. At least it didn’t used to be. I guess Facebook is changing that pretty quickly. It probably won’t be…
A quick glance at the news on Yahoo.com yesterday and I noticed something truly amazing. It seems that a highly esteemed group of eggheads at UCLA has discovered a 13 million-digit prime number. That’s right. By harnessing the power of…
A Penny Saved The American economy is in the toilet. It’s no secret. Bad loans and corporate greed have finally caught up to us and the result is nothing short of catastrophic. There is no telling how deep an economic…
By Brent Basham CAT-ASTROPHE People love their pets. And why shouldn’t they? Dogs and cats provide a great deal of enjoyment to families from all walks of life. For one thing, animals are always loyal. Well, dogs are at least.…
By Brent Basham I’d Like to Thank… Where do I begin? This is just such an honor, really. I’m at a complete loss for words. I take that back. It’s obvious from the existence of the following paragraphs that’s simply…