The head football coach of my graduate school alma mater has resigned in disgrace. Jim Tressel tendered his resignation to the Ohio State University this week after investigation by the NCAA and penalities from the school for covering up misconduct by several players. The story is simple in its facts but complicated in its implications. [...]

This was originally published last year as a “diary” entry on Daily Kos during my short-lived attempt to write there. I like the site but I found the discussion on any posts I wrote too unpleasant to make writing there fun.  I stopped doing it and took down all my posts.  I resurrected this one [...]

OK, this one is a little weird. Utah has passed a law that makes it illegal to appear to be soliciting sex for pay through “lewd acts” such as exposing oneself or touching oneself. Huh. The point of the law is to allow cops to try and target underage prostitutes who have been forced into [...]

The headlines right now are rife – RIFE, I say – with juicy political tidbits. Mitch Daniels is not running for President because his wife and daughters don’t want to be subject to the nasty glare of klieg lights (smart of the but what does it say about our society when arguably the most qualified [...]

Loot a liquor store. Point and laugh at left-behind Fred Phelps. Sadly ponder all the missed opportunities to follow Kirk Cameron’s advice about salvation. Three words: Coed. Naked. Twister. Learn to use sulfur fumes in molecular gastronomy. Party at the Playboy Mansion! Drinks of Hef! Grab all the stuff from a Rapture-d Extreme Couponer’s stockpile. [...]

Everyone and their brother is bitching about the price of gas these days. I’ve heard a bunch of theories for why gas is as expensive as it is. It’s Obama’s fault for bombing Libya. It’s Obama’s fault for not allowing new US drilling. It’s Obama’s fault for wearing a yellow tie that one time. It’s [...]

When Arnold Schwartzenegger and Maria Shriver announced that they were separating after 25 years of marriage, my mother commented that Maria was probably unclenching her teeth for the first time in 25 years. Arnold, based on the rumors of philandering and allegations of unwanted groping, didn’t seem like any great prize in the husband lottery. [...]

By now most everyone has heard about the mother who went on tv to defend injecting Botox into her 8-year-old pageant competitor daughter’s face. I wasn’t even sure I was going to write about this because what could I possibly add to the dialogue on this issue? Either you consider this mother to be pathologically [...]

I was watching MSNBC yesterday, as is my wont, and they flashed some polling results up for our consideration. It was a listing of things that concerned potential voters about potential GOP presidential candidates. The areas of concern included such pressing issues as “Being a Former Speaker of the House”, “Having Multiple Past Marriages” and [...]

Double Stuf Oreos with milk Ben and Jerry’s Chubby Hubby Fries from Thrashers in Rehoboth Beach, DE Fries from In’n’Out Burger Fries from Five Guys The tiramisu I got in Florence in 2003 Chef Boy Ar Dee Ravioli Wegman’s chocolate sheet cake Maine lobster, particularly the claws Cheese Western, all the way from the Texas [...]