It’s Halloween, and I’ve got a bowl of Baby Ruth, 3 Musketeers and Butterfinger candy bars for tonight’s group of trick-or-treaters. Every year, it takes a little more than 60 minutes for pretty much the same 30 kids or so to come by, and usually Max and I sit out on the driveway to “ooh and ahh” over their costumes and give them each a candy bar (or 2 or 3 for each of the cutest little kids). [more...]

After all of the advertising hype.

It’s really all about money.

Their job is to figure out ways to turn [more...]

Regular readers of this Journal know that I have so little drawing ability that even my stick men are barely believable.

So, of course, I’m always impressed by, and eager to showcase, anyone who has what I consider to [more...]

I know it’s supposed to be good for me, but I absolutely hate to eat liver.

There, I’ve said it.

I’ve always hated liver. As far back as I can remember, I’ve nearly [more...]

Wow, it’s kind of hard to believe that it’s been almost ten years since I first wrote How To Stop Email Hoaxes, in response to the hundreds of hoaxes that well-meaning friends and coworkers used to send me each month.

I still occasionally receive an email hoax or two, but usually only [more...]