People Are Funny

Last Friday on my way to work, a large American station wagon of indeterminate make and vintage (it may actually have had fake wood panels on the side) attempted to change lanes, notwithstanding the presence of a significant impediment to this particular endeavor, i.e., me. I hit my brakes and my horn, and gave the [...]

snoop dog According to the Washington Post, Snoop Dogg is getting a divizzle. For those of you who modeled your romantic lives after the example set by Snoop (I’m going to be like a real journalist here and say “born Calvin Broadus”) and Shante, this must come as a shock. I wonder if Shante will [...]

We’ve often heard that English is one of the most difficult languages to learn, and not just because “ghoti” can be pronounced “fish,” or because we say things like “Let’s run it up the flagpole and see who salutes” when we mean “Let’s see if people think this is a good idea,” or “weapons of [...]

I obviously don’t know much about finding a job, but I do know this: when someone calls you on the phone and says in a rapid, practiced monotone that she saw your resume on Monster.com and wants to schedule an interview in a hotel room the next day and seems reluctant to answer any questions [...]