Blue Poo: Diapers as duds and why age is just a number

The grass is always greener. When we’re young, we want to be older. When we’re finally older, we want to be young. How insane is it to spend the first half of our lives pulling every trick in the book to age...

Governing Motors: Big Brother, HAL and what clearly comes next

Nobody likes bad guys. Even bad guys don’t like bad guys. The reason is that no one actually thinks they’re a bad guy. Do you think serial killers look at the face in the mirror (theirs, not the one they just...

The Simple Life: Truth and Mobile Home Sales

Life isn’t nearly as complicated as we make it out to be. And generally folks know this but that doesn’t stop most of us running around in circles, accumulating ever greater piles of stuff and then worrying...

Reduce, reuse – or else! Eco-underwear a must to save the world

Earth day is right around the corner so get ready to stand up, spread your arms wide and give saintly, old momma nature a great, big loving hug. But you better make damn sure you’re wearing renewable socks and...

Kaiser Cola: Fashion Giant Embraces Diet Coke

Fashion always seems like such a con. You watch chopstick-legged fillies stomp up and down the runway with looks on their faces hinting more at severe indigestion (which is kind of funny when you figure they...

Wild Horses: Bullitt, Steve McQueen and why going fast is cool

Hands down, one of the best movie car chases of all time has to be the Steve McQueen Mustang-Charger chase from “Bullitt.” Those cars absolutely tore up the streets of San Francisco, and did it at real speed...

Afternoon Der-light: Gold Chains and Cheap Corndogs

Sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar. I spend a lot of time sniffing the corners of advertising looking for hidden meanings, bigger messages or universal truths. And yes, this hunt (and I) can get more than a...

Sexy Samaritans: Lesbian CPR And Sexy First Aid Videos

The basic premise behind the “Good Samaritan” is someone who helps out a stranger for no reason other than their ability to help when no one else can. There is no specific benefit, no personal gain and no...

Cerveza Igualada

Know first, that even as you read this I am absolutely certain no one actually cares. I expect no tears, no re-dress, not even the slightest of nods from some deep-closeted sympathizer. No, as one of the most...

Tradenfreude

About six or seven years ago the word “schadenfreude” started showing up in a surprising amount of the newspaper and magazine columns I was reading at the time. Apparently whatever website journalists were...