Archive for March, 2006

Four Fives

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Five Names to Give to a Giant

Igor
Big-Boned Barry
Cecil
Treetop McGee
House-Smashing Harry

Five Trucks

Dump
Pickup
Mack
Garbage
Cement

Five Potentially Sexual Words that are Also Found at the Dinner Table

Breast
Tomato
Wiener
Rump
Melons

Five Reasons You’re in a Straightjacket

The pistol you were holding
The sexy nurse lingerie you were wearing
The illegally imported python around your waist
The sedated orangutan in the corner
And that teddy bear you were making […]

The Brave New World of Health Savings Accounts

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Do you have too much health insurance? According to President Bush, you do.

A Superhero Named Kirby

Thursday, March 16th, 2006

Thoughts on the death of a baseball star who made me believe in the impossible.

“I Love These”

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

One man’s delicacy, one woman’s culinary nightmare.

Fleeting Fame, Fleeing Flu

Wednesday, March 15th, 2006

Advice for you, dear reader, on how to avoid illness, the wrath of Nike and The End.

Dreams, Culture, and Car Crashes

Monday, March 6th, 2006

Sigmund Freud made dreams a legitimate field of study, but by now it’s pretty clear that some of his ideas about the subject were wrong.

The Meaning of Memoir

Monday, March 6th, 2006

It turns out the line between fact and fiction is a little blurry.

Indecision in the Aisles

Monday, March 6th, 2006

I don’t think Wallace would have approved.

“The Hobby”

Sunday, March 5th, 2006

The subculture of the Craigslist Review Board.

On Living in London

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

Thoughts after 10 months of life across the Atlantic.