annoying others with germs

Have you seen the commercial, where the woman and her child invite the friend over, and while they are playing the other child has the nerve to sneeze on the train, so mom looks disdainfully down her nose at said child, runs to the (unlocked, natch) cabinet and grabs the lysol spray and hoses down […]

Stranger in a strange land

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own home? Like everything you said, did, and thought, just didn’t quite fit with the program? Like you were in the way, underfoot, constantly? Your sense of humor too dark, your patience too thin, your voice too sharp, your nerves too frazzled? As if you could […]

Answers to pop quiz

Yes, in my bio I said “I like bad movies.” What I thought about putting was suggested by my wife, which is “You can quote lines from all kinds of bad movies.” She’s thinking of the kind of movies TBS runs on Saturday afternoon, about tarantulas that eat cities or aliens that win elections or […]