I forgot it was St. Patrick’s Day. I’m not Irish, and I don’t drink, so it’s not a big day on my calendar, although it used to be. For the first 20 years of my career, St. Patty’s meant I’d be working — making a promotional appearance in some bar, emceeing drinking games, giving away […]
On my way back from Chicago, I stopped at a rest area and saw something I haven’t seen in a long time — a public bathroom with entirely manual controls. In other words, no motion sensors on the faucets, the soap squirter, or the paper towel dispenser. I could use however much I wanted, rather […]
At his press conference this morning, President Bush was asked what is lost by speaking to foreign leaders with whom we disagree. He immediately replied, “What is lost by embracing a tyrant who puts his people in prison because of their political beliefs? What is lost is it’ll send the wrong message. It’ll send a […]
I’ve been looking over the official election returns from Super Tuesday, and think it’s time we pause to congratulate some of the presidential candidates for their performances in the Missouri primary. Let’s hear it for Ralph Spelbring, Virgil Wiles, Daniel Gilbert, and Hugh Cort. You may not have heard of these guys, but several hundred […]
Wanna lose weight? Get on the flu diet. It worked for me! I used to make fun of Nicole Richie and those other Hollywood starlets with their bulimia and various eating disorders, but no more. Over the ten days I was down — but the food wasn’t — the pounds just melted away. Friends have […]
Today in my mailbox, I received an envelope with a thank-you note inside. It was from Victoria, a 13-year-old girl whose mother won a pair of Hannah Montana tickets from me a few days ago. The note was a folded piece of paper with the words “thank you so much” written on the outside and […]