Upon recent viewing of the 1980 film Xanadu, "A Spectacular Entertainment" as the incredibly Caucasian sounding announcer says in the film's trailer, I feel that it is my duty to write a bit about [...]

I am "a fan of the nog" as it is so often said at the coffee shop. When this time of the year rolls around, I drink eggnog with an added element of suspense and [...]

The bakery next to the coffee shop has a sign in the window that says "YES, WE HAVE PEANUT BRITTLE" It is handwritten on an 8.5 x 11 sheet in thin colored marker. I let [...]

Upon recent absorption of Christmas music via local radio stations, I have come to the conclusion that any Christmas song recorded after 1977 (the year Bowie and Bing Crosby rocked out together in "Peace on [...]

Er... I mean, memories.In "A Christmas Story", quite possibly the best holiday movie ever, Ralphie wanted an official Red Ryder carbine action two-hundred shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock and [...]

Many of you know I like to draw pictures and always have ever since I was old enough to hold a permanent marker and scribble all over my mom's antique dining room chairs (sorry about [...]

Last night after watching Bill Murray's hilarious appearance on Letterman where he was talking about how he was convinced he was poisoned, I had my index finger on the power button of the TV to [...]

Christmas is coming a few days early for me. The sound you hear is the sound of me becoming a loser tomorrow morning when I rush out to buy a copy of the newly released [...]

Dear Logitech,I've been doing a lot of graphic work on my computing device as of late and decided now is the time to test out one of your TrackMan® Wheel mice.I got home and got [...]

I have a tortilla press kind of like this oneand got to thinking, hey - this would probably work a lot better than my real waffle iron does.. next time I want my waffles flattened, [...]

Yesterday while driving through Highland Park I saw a pickup truck with a sign that took up the entire back window that said something about seat belt safety. Did it occur to the driver that [...]

I recently came to the conclusion that fake cheese that is not in conventional brick cheese form, a.k.a. "Cheese Food" as it is commonly referred to on many spreadable/aerosol cheese package labels, exists for the [...]

I am usually the last person to ever get up like a bird chested mama's boy and gloat or toot my own horn, but I stumbled across a show review thread of sorts on a [...]

When I was in 3rd grade, I had a very special lady in my life who I was certain I was going to marry: Olivia Newton-John. There was only one thing in our way, and [...]

A customer just came into the coffee shop and asked me if I knew where The Wienery is. Me? Never been. However, I've heard The Wienery is evidently a restaurant of sorts that serves - [...]

Dear Superball:A few weeks ago we were running on the stairs together and you hit me in the nose. Mike threw you for me, and as you were bouncing around, next thing I knew I [...]