And so it’s all come to this.  There have been vlogs.  Photoshopping.  Cartoons.  Posing with cookies.  All in the name of “real holidays”. Well, that and in the name of winning.  Winning what, you wonder, because you’ve somehow forgotten despite our constant reminders?  An amazing, wonderful prize – the chance to go to bed with […]

So it’s a funny thing about doing contest/giveaways – you spend all this time setting it up, you forget about two things: What if no one enters? What if people do enter and then I have to choose a winner? Well, I’m completely thrilled that so many people entered this little contest of Jules’ and […]

Are you tired to getting looks of disappointment and barely subdued loathing on Christmas morning?  Constantly baffled that other people seem to find just that perfect gift for the people on their list?  Are you getting ulcers worrying about what to get people this holiday, knowing that if you don’t spend enough on everyone you […]

Well, last week, of course, was a terrible week.  We saw the very darkest of humanity – a horror that we can’t even quantify.  So, I thought, for my Sunday question I’d zero in on something positive.  Something that gets us thinking about who we admire so much we just hope they never fall from […]

The other day some friends and I were talking about people falling from grace.  In particular, we were talking about the fall of Lance Armstrong – some of the people felt that the truth is the most important thing, and we should only draw our inspiration from “untainted” accomplishments; while others felt that the myth […]

When I heard there was going to be a Nirvana reunion performance for the 12-12 concert for Sandy victims I, naturally, thought, “Huh.  I can see a serious roadblock to that plan…”  But, okay.  For a good cause and all that. Then I heard that Paul McCartney would be filling in for the deceased Kurt […]

A while back I wrote about one of the first paid stand-up comedy gigs I ever had, in the lovely Winnemucca, Nevada.  (Here, if you want a little context for today’s story)  At the end of it, I mentioned a guy from the casino taking us out to show us Winnemucca’s “nightlife.”  I said it […]

So I was planning to publish a post today that I’ve wound up working on for a week, and it’s still not quite done. Between it and last week’s video, I’ve apparently decided to start focusing on posts that require more time to put together than my entire readership will collectively spend looking at them. […]