In Snark Contrast

  • Country Musical Chairs

    What's up with Tobago, anyway?  I mean, they've been getting a free ride since, like, 1889, scant years after Keith Richards made the scene.  Befor...
  • Pigs and Monkeys Flying?... Doubt It

    Saying there are a lot of doubters out there would be a monumental understatement. Kinda like claiming Bill Gates has done okay for himself or that...
  • Buying Into Nostalgia

    Everywhere I turn lately, I'm inundated with "Remember when?" scenarios harkening back to the good old days when anything and everything was so muc...
  • That's Right, I'm Takin' it With Me

    Forget about that nest egg, already.  Damned if those pennies haven't been pinched enough.  All the squirreling away, belt-tightening and corner-cu...
  • Waiting For the Other Idioms to Drop

    I like a good idiom as much as the next guy.  Instead of multi-tasking I'll "kill two birds with one stone".  Rather than telling secrets I'll "let...
  • Life's Biggest Little Pleasure

    In the end, maybe it's life's little pleasures that matter the most.  For some, it might be getting up extra early to witness a glorious sunrise or...
  • Caddie Hack

    I get that some people consider viewing golf on television akin to watching paint dry (the ones who have no idea how ridiculously great these athle...
  • Wait Right Here

    There's really nothing special about being on time.  You set up a meeting and both parties show up at the hour specified to discuss business, embar...
  • Sorry... Don't Have the Bandwidth

    Funny how different eras can dictate jargon.  Take a hundred years ago, for instance, "The Roaring Twenties", a time known for jazz, prohibition an...
  • Whisper Power

    Never underestimate a whisper.  While it operates under the radar all quiet and proper like, make no mistake, it can really pack a wallop.  It's go...
  • Why I Scream for Ice Cream

    A friend of mine once claimed that if some totally off-the-chart, mentally deranged crime is committed it's more than likely a guy who did it.  A g...
  • The Brotha's Grim

    Google did it. Amazon did it. So didn't YouTube... a bunch of times, actually. Likewise, the Italian luxury fashion house, Gucci, has been a wlling...