When Dr. Laura isn’t brutal enough… When Carolyn Hax isn’t sexy enough… When Dr. Phil isn’t yelling enough… That’s when you need to Ask Sexy Stalin! Dear Sexy Stalin, How does one get their newborn baby to sleep more than 2 hours at a time? Your humblest admirer, who thinks you are way too sexy […]

My uncle Jerry was the third of four sons to his parents, my dad being the fourth.  He had a sunny disposition and a way with words that enabled him to defuse situations that led to violence in most childhoods of his generation.  He loved to tell long, involved stories about his experiences punctuated with […]

Honestly, I can’t imagine much harder than giving a political concession speech.  To put that much of yourself in to something, that much money that much time, and then to lose and have to walk out in front of the cameras right then – not even get a day to drink a bottle of tequila, […]

It’s always disconcerting when news networks say things like, “With 0% of the ballots reported, it looks like Wisconsin is going to go to Obama.” One of my favorite things to do on election night is surf the different networks the moment they call it, before they’ve had time to polish.  Last night the more […]

Recently, an audio recording was released of Noc, the beluga whale, singing in what is a really close approximation to human sound.   Scientists discovered it when they thought they heard people chattering far away, only to find that the beluga whales can mimic our speech sounds, if not our words. Yet. ~ What does this […]

Hurricanes…  Recession…  Elections… NBC’s mistreatment of Community… Yes, the world is full of strife and mystery.  Fortunately, more and more of us are realizing we need to take a moment and ask: W W S S D ? What Would Sexy Stalin Do? Yes, Sexy Stalin-mania is sweeping the nation!  Because, as Sylvia Plath once […]

Now that Disney has purchased LucasFilm for 4 billion dollars and announced the planning of indefinite new Star Wars installments, everyone’s wondering what they have in mind.  Basing things off of the books that have been written, or will they go in new directions?  Well, in a Byronic Man exclusive, I am pleased to present, […]

Yesterday, you tested your Halloween readiness by trying to identify movie monsters. If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, you may be dangerously unprepared for Halloween, so if you want to take a moment and do that, now would be a good time.  It’s okay, we’ll wait. Hm hm hm… I wonder if we’ll get very […]