Meteors, Horse Meat & Oscar–Oh my!
Henny Penny was right: The sky IS falling. And not just over Russia. A sampling of world headlines reads like a pitch for an Apocalypse Now sequel. In South Africa, a man with no legs shot and killed a woman for no reason. In Los Angeles, a missing tourist’s body was found in a hotel [...]
Middle Class Upgrade
Chances are if you took a swig every time Obama said “Middle Class” in his State of the Union address you are still sleeping it off. Everybody’s worried about the struggling middle class. You know why it’s not taking off? It’s a Branding issue. That’s right, the middle class is not sexy. Think about it, [...]
A Modest Proposal
You know how the Crawley’s knickers are in knots at the start of Season 3? Well, they’re onto something. We’ve seen the future, and it’s The Kardashians: Fast forward and it’s The Crawleys of Calabasas, California. The parallels are too obvious to ignore. First of all, three daughters of varying distinction. Beautiful, impetuous, imperious Mary [...]
Whose Acronym Is It Anyway?
Last week the NYT reported on a murder mystery at IHOP. No, not a slaying over a short-stack. The case involves members of the International House of Prayer, known to its adherents by the same moniker as the house of waffle-worship. While both entities arguably have equally passionate disciples, the shared shorthand raises some questions [...]
Why iPhone Needs Me (and My Pals)
With all due respect for the truly genius inventions and advances championed by Steve Jobs, and leaving aside the fact that the iPhone is good for everything but making phone calls (a real challenge for those of us with poor circulation), the powers that be at Apple seriously need to add someone other than twenty-something males to [...]
Waiting For The Fat Lady To Sing
It ain’t over. Cruising Facebook yesterday half my friends were trumpeting the triumph of compassionate humanity and half were decrying the defeat of fiscal reason. Okay, maybe not equal halves. I am trying to be bi-partisan. But I definitely have some friends and family who were dismayed by the election results. I thought the closing [...]
The Word of the Lord…Heaven Help Us
Are you there, God? It’s me, Martha. And I have a few questions. I know you love me because The Bible tells me so (or at least that song I learned did). So how come you are telling these guys all this stuff about what you want for me and other women? You know, like, whatever [...]
Right or Wrong Livestrong
So the Emperor of Cycling has no clothes–and not just in that funny photo from his recent triathlon finish. Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his Tour De France titles, his endorsements and the Chairman’s seat on his Livestrong Foundation. I confess a certain amount of sangfroid in his downfall because he’s always seemed so insufferably [...]
Dirty Politics? Mess With ‘Em
Nope, not a post about Dirty Harry coaching Barack for tonight’s debate. Although that could explain his last performance since it seemed as if the Empty-chair Obama from Clint Eastwood’s GOP convention speech was the President who showed up. That’s a problem which we HOPE will be resolved after tonight. But I digress… As you may know from previous posts, [...]
Muppets Beware!
Do not worry too much about Big Bird. I assure you he’s going to be fine. How do I know? He owns a finely-feathered nest behind the 123 Sesame Street Brownstone–the avian equivalent of a Carriage House in a high-rent historic district. Since he has no job, but obviously is livin’ large (seriously, huge), one [...]
