A lot of places are selling those “dirt shirts” in the sw. Shirts made entirely from red clay. Here’s their big mistake, though: There’s red dirt everywhere! I just got some rubber cement and rolled around on the ground; made my own shirt. Take that, fat cat novelty-t-shirt retailers! Tried to get across the worst […]

M and I are camping down around Moab for a couple weeks, so if you’ve left some hilarious and poignant comment, or tried to contact me for a lucrative book deal and I haven’t replied, it’s not personal. So, a couple quick reflections here, mid-trip… We passed through Winnemucca, Nevada, which is where I had […]

I’ve never known how to do magic, but like everyone, wish I could.  I know one card trick. It’s pretty good the first time, but if you see it twice it’s obvious.  I suppose, like most people, I want to be able to do magic tricks, but not enough to, you know, learn. But I […]

Here in the US we have a very little known right called Jury Nullification.  The right is this: a jury has the right to declare someone accused of a crime not guilty, even if they believe he did commit the crime.  Not only can they do so, they don’t have to justify why.  The Judge […]

I recently wrote a guest post over at the always compelling, entertaining and engaging Worst Professor Ever, and the post got tweeted by The Times (you see, in England, they still have a few remaining “news papers” – which are like news web sites that have been printed off for you; I know, clever, right?), […]

Hey, remember playing Battleship when you were a kid?  Remember the subtlety; the intricate, complex layers; the sense of narrative?  The feeling that you weren’t just playing a game, your were telling a story – creating a world? No?  Huh.  Weird.  You remember it going a little more like this? “A8.” “Miss. C1.” “Miss.  J6.” […]

A continuation of “And Then There Are Times I Wish I Had My Cat’s Life (pt. 1 of 2)” LIVING ROOM – NIGHT (The Friends and M are playing a game and eating snacks.  Byron, having grown frustrated that no one has come to get him, has come out of the bedroom and is orbiting […]

A continuation of the prize-winning, best-selling, critically-acclaimed, life-changing, “There Are Times I Wish I Had My Dog’s Life” Parts 1 and 2 BEDROOM – MORNING Byron is sprawled across the bed, sleeping, while M is getting dressed for work.  M comes to the bed and attempts to begin making it. M: Come on, you got […]