The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey, first published in 1963. It follows the story of 26 children all done in fairly…
Read on
YOUNG people are great. They’re full of curiosity, creativity, and energy. The world hasn’t yet become a cynical death trap for them, and they’re not 30…
Read on
STILL PINING after your ex and spending sleepless nights in his old T-shirt? He might be long gone, but for a mere $5,000, Match.com is willing to…
Read on
JULY 4th makes me think about fireworks, hot dogs, beers, bomb pops, and sparklers. For 26 years I spent my Fourth of July indulging in at least…
Read on
THIS is why you never believe the tabloids. Just last week there were low grumblings that super-babe Khloe Kardashian and new beau French Montana were…
Read on
THERE ISN’T a week that goes by that I don’t receive a Facebook message or see an e-mail in my inbox that turns out to…
Read on
ONE TIME last year I tried to put myself on a diet for 5 days that I cleverly designed using my very advanced nutritional skills. I…
Read on
REMEMBER the days when ice cream flavors meant a choice between chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, mint chocolate chip, and cookie dough (which was the exotic flavor out…
Read on
ABOUT 19.2 million Americans suffer from one or more phobias, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. This works out to just over 8% of…
Read on
REMEMBER when you were twenty-one and staying in on a Saturday night was sacrilege? Or when staying in on a weeknight because you had work…
Read on
ABOUT TWO years ago, I stopped owning a TV. That is, your traditional boob tube, the kind of giant flat screen that comes in a…
Read on
REMEMBER that scene from Adventures in Babysitting where the gang had to pick up their car at Dawson’s garage? I don’t know if it’s possible to…
Read on
-300x169.jpg)
