In Snark Contrast

  • 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...
  • The "Misspoken" Word

    So here's a scenario: A builder gets a contract to erect a high-rise in a major city.  Once it's completed, the owners quickly get tenants on board...
  • The Vamp Hire Interviews

    On more than one occasion throughout the years I've had to don a sales hat.  I never consciously started out on that path but, you know how it is, ...
  • The Unofficial Blog of Super Bowl LIX

    I get that this is just month two of the new year but think ahead, into the future, well into autumn, a few days before the fourth Thursday of Nove...
  • Hosie This!

    So, I'm minding my own business one morning, nuking up a little two-minute oatmeal while grabbing some fruit from the fridge, lookin' to start my d...