Many years ago I tried to take a new approach to first dates. Instead of dancing around the “getting to know you” questions, I tried to come up with some fun questions to just throw right out there. And, okay, these questions were only field-tested once on an actual “date”, and it was a New-Coke-level […]
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Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.The Greatest Getting-To-Know-You Question Of All Time (Actual Results May Be Disastrous)
If Elected President, I Will Make Halloween Way Better. That’s My Promise.
October 18, 2012
Excerpt from a press conference when I am President… President Me: … and together, as Americans, we can make it work. I’ll now take your questions. Ummm, yes, Samantha. Samantha: Mr. President, my question is about last week’s Executive Order making Halloween a four-day weekend holiday. PM: We’ve been over this… S: Yes, but I’m […]
Oh, A “Yard Sale”? Sure, That’s Just What The Government Wants You To Think.
October 15, 2012
*** While The Byronic Man learns the answer to the query, “4 should be fine. I mean, how many burp cloths could a person possibly need?” please enjoy this old, uh, classic post. *** Okay, pop quiz, hot shot… You’re at a yard sale. Why are you at a yard sale? I don’t know, maybe […]
We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming…
October 12, 2012
The Byronic Girl – aka Kidneybean – born 10/10/12 at 12:27pm. Baby is healthy and fine. Mom is worse for wear but okay, and recovering.
Hurling Towards Stardom
October 9, 2012
Rock stars. Always pushing the envelope. Always living on the edge. Always daring. If you want to stay current, baby, you’ve got to look at what those on top are doing and ride that wave. And right now? That wave is vomiting all over the stage. In the last few days both Justin Bieber and […]
Let’s Get Real… TV Real.
October 7, 2012
Last week I was exposed to a dose of Reality TV. It wasn’t fatal, but I have spent the last week pausing dramatically, and then saying shocking things; telling people that I want to build them their dream laundry hamper; demanding that cumin be included of every course of every meal for the day; and […]
TV’s Advice For The Expectant Father
October 4, 2012
In these final days leading up to having the baby, there’s been a lot of advice for me, the dad-to-be, on what to expect, and how to prepare. Lots of clearly false information, doled out by so-called “doctors,” so-called “books,” and “Doulas” which, for all I know, could be the Dutch word for “hippie.” Lots […]
Please Hire You To Be The Byronic Man?
October 2, 2012
As many of you may know, my wife and I will be having a baby soon. Very soon. Now, I’m planning to simply run older posts – especially older posts that basically no one who didn’t have the same last name as me saw – a couple days a week for the first little while, […]
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October 21, 2012
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