What the Trump? Am I seriously going to do this? Really? Am I actually going to pen a column about Donald Trump and give that self-involved blowhard more of the publicity he craves like an Albuquerque meth head hoarding cough syrup and lighter fluid (I apologize in advance for not knowing much about meth and […]
Who Were the Best SNL Cast Members???
Who were the Best SNL Cast Members? You know what people like? Lists. Whether for remembering what to buy at the grocery store or reading Consumer Reports for a compilation of the best vacuum cleaners under $100 for 2016, we love lists. And if I […]
My Love/Hate with Boulder, Colorado
My Love/Hate with Boulder, Colorado Before I begin, let me apologize to two groups of people. First, to my many good friends who are residents of Boulder. I apologize in advance for taking pot shots at your quaint and happy little hippy enclave, one of the last remaining bastions of liberalism amid a current of […]
You Too Can Buy a Voice in our Democracy
You Too Can Buy a Voice in our Democracy I must admit I have grown weary of folks whining about the inefficacies of government and bemoaning their own personal inability to manifest meaningful positive change. I empathize with their perspective that making progress in government at this point seems a Sisyphean task, with the added […]
Shut the Hell Up: An English Teacher’s Guide to Overused Words
Shut the Hell Up: An English Teacher’s Guide to Overused Words This confession should come as no surprise to anyone: I have a tendency to use too many words. When I was in graduate school earning my M.A. in English, my Swiss-born professor of literary theory remarked […]
Like Lazarus, David Bowie Shall Rise From the Dead
Like Lazarus, David Bowie Shall Rise from the Dead I woke this morning to the news and didn’t want to believe it, wanted to crawl back into bed and pull the sheets over my head so that I could deny that it was true. A legend had died. An artist who transcended medium and genre […]
My Son Is a Green Bay Packers Fan
My Son is a Green Bay Packers Fan Alas, it is true. My son is a Green Bay Packers fan. Don’t ask me how it happened. I woke up one day, and like the father who finds out his kid has been addicted to crack for months, discovered the cold, hard truth. Except that we […]
Swimming in an Ocean of Plastic Crap
Swimming in an Ocean of Plastic Crap Have you checked out your post-holiday recycling bin recently? It’s overflowing like the fountain of verbal vomit spewing from the mouth of Donald Trump being asked his candid feelings on Mexican/American relations. Have you looked down the street and seen the piles of refuse that your neighbors have […]