Keeping Up with the Jones
Living in a madhouse
What madness we have wrought. I really wanted to write about football this month. I love football.
Summary of My Discontent
A letter to my great-great-great-granddaughter
Ni hao! I presume you speak Chinese. That seems to be the most likely scenario, based on the currently available evidence.
Raised Relief
The song that does not end
I’m driving through California’s Central Valley now. Some of it looks like the photographic inverse of the American South.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Of poultry and polarization
On April 14, 2002, my gay brother died surrounded by his partner, John, my mother, sister and me. None of us will forget the outpouring of love and support from his extended family of friends.
Fables of the Deconstruction
Blockbuster
This line is so long, I can’t even see the box office. Do all of the movies start at the same time or something? And it isn’t moving, either.
Summary of My Discontent
No laughing matter
As Albert Brooks tweeted last week, “Sometimes the news overwhelms your desire to joke about it.” And there have been a lot of news stories lately that have put me off my jokes.
Stop Calling Me Surly
Anatomy of a mass murderer
Nowhere is the boundary between tragedy and comedy as blurry as the blogosphere. Under the headline “Murderous Asshole Who Killed Those People Has Small Penis,” J.
Fables of the Deconstruction
We’re having much more fun
Good evening. Wow, I’m really excited to see so many people here tonight. Our little series has never had such a good turnout.
Keeping Up with the Jones
Fire them all
The latest bombs in the ongoing Penn State and Florida A&M scandals have dropped.




