Chasing Cheese & Answers

Chasing Cheese & Answers

Life is filled with questions. Not just the obvious ones like where are my socks? Or Are there aliens who can play baseball? There are deep existential questions like who was the best actor to play Batman? And if a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, does it...

Cannons and Chaos

Cannons and Chaos

This may come as a shock to some of you, but I have a day job that doesn't involve writing about people peeing on the side of the road, sending cottage cheese through the bank drive-through tube, and making fun of the Kardashians.  It seems my book royalties are...

I’m an Underachiever

I’m an Underachiever

It’s graduation season. And boy do I feel like an underachiever. I just read a story about a twelve-year-old boy in California who graduated college with five degrees. That’s not a typo. He was awarded five Associate of Arts degrees in History, Social Sciences, Social...

He Does That!

He Does That!

On the way home from our North Carolina trip, we passed a man that was peeing by the side of the road. He wasn’t making any attempt to disguise what he was doing. No scurrying off into the bushes for this guy. No discreet coverage with an open car door. Nope. This guy...

House Shopping

House Shopping

My wife and I picked out a new house yesterday. Well, I picked it out. She’s not so sure. I knew the moment the tour guide told us there were secret rooms. Me: “Honey, we’re moving in here.” Her: “Right, we couldn’t afford the upkeep.” Me: “But it has a bowling...

I’m Applying For A New Job

I’m Applying For A New Job

This weekend the British crowned a new king. If you’ve never been, it’s an epic celebration of all things royal. People wear epic hats and silly –I mean traditional–costumes and pack into Westminster Abbey to watch a lot of singing, reciting, pledges of loyalty, a man...