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The Catchiest Post You’ll Ever Read

by Katy McCaffrey November 29, 2012

Very often, around mealtimes, or clothes-picking times, or any culling from a large group to a small group of something-times, I will have to ask my daughter over and over again what she wants.  “Do you want meatballs?  Carrots? Udon Noodles?  Quail? Hello?  Can you hear me?”  Eventually she’ll remember a person is talking to […]

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Small Pox

by Daedalus Howell November 21, 2012

What we talk about when we talk about Thanksgiving Recently, I wrote a piece on the so-called “turducken,” the culinary abomination that shares its theme music with the Frankenstein movies, and received the following note from my pal Geoffrey Cain, who opined: “If you are going to write about the turducken, you should remember to […]

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In Contempt of: A misanthropic column that celebrates all the things I can’t stand!!

by Mike Anthrope November 15, 2012

I can’t stand Hacky Sack. Of all the sports and games of leisure ever devised, Hacky Sack is the most lame. I suppose “twirl the stick with two other sticks and pretend to be a Renaissance Faire jester,” and “balance yourself on a board over a rolling log” (presumably as a nod to lumberjack competitions) […]

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The Dog Vote

by Todd Nash November 6, 2012

This morning before I left for the polls I had to see who my man, Bailey, liked for the presidency. His friend the “Possum” is representing Obama and his friend “Ellie the Elephant” appropriately is representing Mitt Romney. I in no way guided him with treats towards one candidate or the other. He makes the […]

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Yes, Abigael, there is a November 7th

by Katy McCaffrey November 4, 2012

Last week a little girl named Abigael Evans became a YouTube sensation and the voice of the people simultaneously when, bleary eyed and clearly at her whit’s end, she sobbed into her mother’s video camera that she was “tired of Bronco Bama [sic] and Mitt Romney.”

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Writer Wear

What Writers Wear

by Daedalus Howell October 11, 2012

As a writer, knowing how to dress is nearly as important as knowing how to spell. In this era of social media marketing and personal-branding affecting a credible look has taken on increased importance. These days, writers are as likely to be judged by their profile images as their words, however, few receive positive comment […]

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