1. “The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves” by Stephen Grosz I think everybody should read this book. We live in a funny world, everybody’s a winner, everybody’s complete. But I must say I’ve got more questions than answers. And reading this book stimulated me more than anything that’s passed before my eyeballs […]

I haven’t been able to hear. That’s a bit of an overstatement, but not by much, and it’s lasted almost a complete week. You see a cold was going around the condo, and just when I thought I’d escaped, it bit me in the ass. But you’ve got to know my personality, nothing’s gonna stop […]

Is it me, or has society always been this coarse? Has a plethora of media shone a light into every nook and cranny or has America fundamentally changed, and now it’s every man for himself, and if I have to climb over you to get what I want, tough noogies. But it’s not only Christie. […]

It’s my favorite Van Halen song. Once upon a time, I had a free subscription to AOL when you had to pay by the hour. As a result, I checked out every nook and cranny of the service, from the chat rooms to the dating boards. And after lurking for a while, I decided to […]