On Sharks and Tourism

This year is the 40th Anniversary of the movie Jaws, based on the novel by Peter Benchley. To mark the occasion, America watched Sharknado 3, based on the napkin drawing by a stoner in Long Beach. Jaws is one of those movies that makes me stop channel surfing. Sharknado 3 Read more…

Shame of St. Louis

When I was growing up in Tennessee, the suggested remedy for my asthma was to “walk it off”. To be fair, that was the remedy for any ailment in Tennessee. According to our textbooks it’s how the state eradicated polio. Ha! I’m kidding. Our textbooks never used long words like Read more…

Hollywood Cyber Wars

Season’s Greetings, everyone! It’s time to gather with family, exchange gifts, and wonder how Hollywood could give in to terrorists at Christmas, completely ignoring the lesson from Die Hard. In case you missed it, Sony Pictures planned to release a new film called The Interview, in which North Korean leader Read more…

My Oregon Adventure

I recently performed in Oregon, and I have to say–what an incredible experience! If you’ve never been, you must go. Just keep in mind that most of the state is “away from the city”. That’s the politically correct term for “middle of nowhere”. If you say “middle of nowhere” in Read more…

Carbon Dating

I recently got an email invitation to join OurTime.com. If you’re not familiar with OurTime.com, it’s a dating website for people aged 50 and over. There’s also one for people aged 75 and over called Plenty of Sea Turtles. It’s like Plenty of Fish if the fish swam in a Read more…