Guys are simple creatures. They like sports, beer, and action movies. If you give them one of those things, they’ll be content. This, from playboy.com, former bastion of classiness and sophistication, now gone the way of the rest of the … Continue reading
When you’re a white guy who doesn’t go in for political correctness you might be stumped for things to do on Martin Luther King Day. Personally I think your best bet is just to lay low, say nothing, and enjoy … Continue reading
I sat with trepidation Wednesday night watching the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot numbers drawn. I thought for sure that because I secretly did not want to win—fearful of the headaches the money would no doubt cause—that fate would surely bring said billion my way. … Continue reading
A “local-interest” piece in my local rag this past Sunday noted a bizarre phenomenon occurring these days on Capitol Hill. Congressional staffers, those college kids and twentysomethings who secretly run the place, are wearing expensive clothes! Yup, you heard it here … Continue reading
It’s too bad the real Redskins and the real Packers had to show up for yesterday’s NFC Wild Card matchup at FedEx Field. I was beginning to like the new alternate reality personas adopted in recent weeks by said teams. … Continue reading
Just when the holidays are over and the cold weather hits, just when you think there is nothing good or worth looking forward to in this world, there is football, sweet football. Yes, I realize that through the fall there … Continue reading
A page-one story in my local paper Sunday enlightened me to a growing movement of so-called musicians who, instead of shooting solely for music stardom, are going to college to pursue “real” jobs too. Wanna-be musicians with day jobs? Never … Continue reading
You’d think that 16 days off in a row from work would be enough, but no, it’s never quite enough, is it? It’s just never enough. … Continue reading
Happy 2016, my friends. Be it resolved, this year, not to make any resolutions, just to be good for goodness sake. And for Notre Dame to beat Ohio State this afternoon. My God that’s gonna be sweet. … Continue reading
The thing Tiger Woods has had going for him his whole life is that he is young. He was young when he played golf with Bob Hope on TV, he was young when he won the U.S. Amateur, he was … Continue reading