In Snark Contrast

  • Ever Grateful For "The Dead"

    I started this blog four years ago, finishing up that inaugural attempt with a dig at those purveyers of triteness, those mind-numbing cliche filib...
  • Pick a Word, Any Word

    Presently, it's damn near impossible to agree on anything, be it healthcare plans, political parties, religious affiliations or which wine to pair ...
  • The Many Ghosts of Christmas Past

    As a child, when it came to exciting times, Christmas was unrivaled.  Sure, a birthday was good for a few presents, maybe even a party and, yeah, g...
  • Just What Are My Options Here?

    First off, I just wanna say thanks for taking the time to show up 'cause let's face it, this isn't required reading. Yeah, nothing mandatory to see...
  • Beam Me Up, Bezos

    It took a while, but I finally reconciled myself to the fact that the whole notion of everyone getting around in flying cars ain't gonna happen.  G...
  • Overshare and Overshare Alike

    You're at a party, feelin' pretty sociable, in a room where the vast majority of revelers are strangers but what the hell, nothing ventured, nothin...
  • Smart Stuff

    "Get Smart", a sitcom that ran from 1965-1970, created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, parodied the secret agent genre that was highly popular at the...
  • Death By Misadventure, In A Nutshell

    So, here's a scenario: A guy decides he wants to become a peanut farmer, right out of the blue, with nary an agricultural sentiment expressed prior...
  • Please Don't Send In The Clowns

    Okay, so let's say you have a blind spot, ya know, something that virtually everyone else is familiar with but has somehow alluded you from your ch...
  • Fuhgeddaboudit!

    Funny, the things you remember.  Funny, too, the things you don't.  To this day, I swear I can recall the moment I first spotted my newborn brother...
  • Whose Idea Was This?

    It's true, ideas are fleeting.  And, they can't be rushed.  They're their own little entity, stopping by when they please, leaving without even a h...
  • 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...