Monthly Archive: December 2013

Wanna Bet?

Come to the second-to-the-last class. Professor Likko has a very good thing for you if you do.

Eventually we reach bottom, right?

In her latest bid for attention, Tila Tequila has started to call herself Hitla and is taking to posing in shiny silver outfits with a Swastika Armband, Death’s head SS hat, and as a giant in front of the gates of Auschwitz.

Labor Fairness: Unpaid Actor Edition

Labor Fairness: Unpaid Actor Edition

When an “upstart” theatre relying on volunteer labor receives $18 million in gifts for a new venue, does it have an obligation to begin paying those same volunteers?

How ‘Bout This?

With Rob Gronkowski destroying his knee on a perfectly legal low hit, there is some rumbling in NFL circles about whether such hits should be, in fact, legal.  Despite some defenders predicting that just...

How To: Get A Vasectomy

Last month, my wife and I welcomed our third and final child into the world. Our new daughter is everything a baby is supposed to be. This is good for a variety of reasons,...

Freddie DeBoer

A Milestone of Sorts…

There are always lessons to learn as a parent. As a father who started very young, mine were perhaps a bit harder to understand at times, but I wouldn’t trade them for anything.

Monday Trivia #143 [Caleb Wins!]

From most to least: Georgia, California, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Nevada, Arizona, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, Nebraska, Louisiana, Missouri, Maine, Connecticut, Mississippi, Florida, Colorado, Washington, Arkansas, New York, West Virginia, Minnesota, New Jersey, Michigan, Oklahoma, South...

Context, It Seems, Does Matter

Imagine, if you will, that you and I are standing in my backyard.  We are tossing a football back and forth.  Eventually, this simple game of catch ceases to suffice and we begin to...

The Bath

The Bath

A short story about an old man, his loneliness, and his resolve to perform a simple ritual.

Riots!

While I was off watching a movie about people who had plenty of cause to riot, an actual riot occurred in Singapore where there isn’t really any cause for one. Apparently some people do...