Dangling Manhoods: What's a guy to do?

At times, modern manhood leaves a little something to be desired. Yes, it’s nice not to have to kill everything we eat or be forced to construct the home you live in (which for my family would be a mis-measured...

Soda Jerks: Why Pepsi drinkers might need an attitude adjustment

   Okay, in the interests of full disclosure I deem it important to note that when it comes to choosing Coke or Pepsi I am definitely a Coca-Cola guy. This means that if asked in any direct way about which...

Skittles Madness: No wonder parents fear candy insanity

Go ahead, I dare you. Just try to offer your friends’ kids a handful of candy. You’ll get the stink eye from Mom and Dad zip quick. What happened? Kids and candy used to be synonymous. Back in the day any good...

Nasty, Dirty, Sexy Sex for the Wii: Swingers, lesbians & more!

Believe it or not, spin the bottle was once considered slightly risqué. Just another example of the dangerous things boys and girls might get up to if left alone together. Then the sixties happened and a spinning...

More Super Bowl XLV – The Ads – Part 2

Well, as the stampede to the Super Bowl ad buffet finally abates, permit me one last pass at some of the remaining dishes on offer. Sure they’ve been sniffed at and picked over already but a buffet just isn’t...

Ronald McMurderer: Hamburgers kill so stop eating them or else!

Ronald McDonald is a cold blooded murderer. There, I said it - though I seriously doubt it’s something you haven’t heard before.  The litany of folks crawling up on soapboxes to castigate the restaurant...

Insuring Fear: Does Freaky Mayhem sell more than Confident Calm?

Fear can make us do some pretty weird things. Back in the 50’s, lots of folks spent thousands of dollars installing fallout shelters in their backyards (which, for the record, I would do in a heartbeat if I...

New Year's Resolutions: Big Oil or Big Lies? You decide...

New Years is a natural time to look for improvement. Here we are, faced with a brand new clean slate, so to speak – and nothing could be more organic than a little focused soul searching. It’s good to look for...

Teaching the World to Sing: Trees, bees & Coca-Cola turtle doves

It’s slightly jarring when you realize that popular advertising is as valid a part of one’s life tapestry as any first date, kiss or any other similarly time-stamped event. Like a serendipitous song playing at...

Stalking Kevin Bacon: A high-tech solution to an age old problem

Is stalking funny? I guess it could be – if it’s in a movie and done sort of Something About Mary style, but generally it’s pretty freaky behavior. Think more along the lines of Play Misty For Me or Fatal...

Sex, Bubbles, Sex, Water, Sex: Dita Von Teese, Perrier & SoftPorn

There is a very real belief that corporations somehow fly above the rest of us. The image of hardened, cigar-chomping men of commerce, huddled in their opulent boardrooms, planning nefarious takeovers of our...

Rum Bums Roil PC Sissies: Bruce, Hicks, Kinison & Maher long gone

Where have you gone Lenny Bruce? Bill Hicks? Sam Kinison? Bill Maher? They’re all dead (especially that last one) and so is the rebellion they once fought in. I’m not going to claim total affinity for...