Although I am the brand of crank that writes letters to the editor, I do not write letters to celebrities. But I am hoping, Amy Poehler, that you see this note in which I express my undying admiration for you and your pregnant belly.

 I have often watched you with great… Read full post »

This post brings up many more questions than answers. In fact, I take a vacation from providing any answers today, and I pledge to you, the reader, that even when asked what's for dinner tonight, I will feign complete bafflement.

 Some days I like to tarry at the elementary school after my… Read full post »

I started yesterday morning, my last day as a 39-year-old, with a mission. You see, my dog has the biological need to urinate and defecate and the moral imperative not to do it in the house. But my backyard has become a deer porn palace. The things that go on back… Read full post »

...because the good lord knows there's a lot more to say about goats, specifically.

 City people look on the animal kingdom in a much different way than do country people, perhaps because we view most creatures remotely, through the TV, zoo, or plastic wrap at the grocery store.  In my mind… Read full post »

About 6 years ago, I gave up, packed up my two-bedroom San Francisco apartment and moved to the middle of nowhere (which is located about halfway between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe). It is a common urbanite's dream to move to a place where you have room to breathe the clean… Read full post »

1. Everyone with an online business idea needs a programmer, and they want to wrangle me into the leprechaun hunt. All I have to do is do free programming for them, and later, when the company turns a profit, I'll be rich! Yeah, call me in 1996, and we'll talk!

2. I couldn't… Read full post »

If you think that feminism is almost obsolete, and the good fight has already been fought and won, just talk to a mother of school-aged children. Better yet, talk to a working mother of school-aged children. By looking at common American families, one can easily see that we've only pushed some c… Read full post »