I Hate You, Mark Zuckerberg Let me tell you why I hate Mark Zuckerberg. It’s nothing personal, I assure you. He did nothing to cheat me out of millions of dollars by stealing my business or ideas out from underneath me. In fact, I’m not really sure he ever did those things. But he is […]
How IKEA Sucked My Soul
How IKEA Sucked My Soul This story all begins with a table. Well, a table and chairs, really. You see, I’m set to move in a few weeks, and I recently found myself in need of a breakfast nook table and four matching chairs. Normally, I could give two pimples on a rat’s behind as […]
Standing with Standing Rock
Standing With Standing Rock Well, call me a skeptic. I’ll be the first one to admit that I didn’t think the Standing Rock protestors had a snowball’s chance in Hades of getting that pipeline blocked. Don’t get me wrong- I was all for their protest- I just didn’t think it would work. When the Army […]
A Teacher’s Lament
I apologize in advance if I am not exactly humorous today. Sometimes you’re just not in the mood. There are plenty of times I write for the amusement of others. Sometimes I write just for myself. I get to have one of those every once in a while. Stephen Adly Guirgis once famously proclaimed that, […]
What I’m Even More Thankful For
What I am Even More Thankful For Last year right around this time, I penned a column entitled, “What I Am Thankful For”. Eschewing the typical prattle of self-involved lists of people and interests that everyone wants to write but no one wants to listen to, last year’s edition was a farcical send-up of the […]