Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Do you have a can of Quaker Oats in your house? Good. Because now you know what the guy one of my ancestors came to America with looked like. Quaker Oats says their cylindrical packaging doesn’t portray William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, but there’s a strong resemblance. This ancestor came here from England on […]
Read More God, MisrepresentedSin is the monster we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and bite again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. That makes sin the perfect monster, a maneater that blinds and numbs its victims, convincing them that […]
Read More Emotional Faithfulness in the Social Networking EraIt’s all about you. Or so many popular sitcoms would have women think. Since the early 90s I have puzzled over why so many wife-mother figures on TV nag, nitpick, and otherwise treat their husbands like they’re mindless little boys in need of constant correction. The leading ladies on Home Improvement, King of Queens, and […]
Read More Sitcom WivesToday in Caracas, famed Venezuelan boxer Edwin Valero hung himself by his sweatpants in his jail cell. That’s the part you’ll see in most headlines posted on the internet so far. Dig deeper, click on the links, and you’ll discover that Valero was incarcerated on suspicion of murdering his wife, 24 year-old Jennifer Carolina Viera. […]
Read More Punishing Our Partners: Boxer Murders Wife, Kills HimselfAccording to Fox’s website, this is their contact information. While the Colton Harris-Moore movie concept is in the beginning stages with no guarantee of it making it to the big screen, I hope that area residents will preempt any negative effects of this movie idea by letting Fox know their concerns ahead of time. Twentieth […]
Read More Contact Information For FoxImagine that a wanted fugitive—a known burglar, car thief, boat thief, plane thief, and vandal who has declared war on and possibly shot at the police—lives in the woods behind your house. He may be in possession of a stolen police rifle and other high-tech gear, and he has a network of supporters in the […]
Read More Profit from Pain: Hollywood Poised to Fan Flames of Notorious Crime SpreeIn August of 2008 I was taken aback by a letter to the editor in a local paper regarding a domestic violence-driven murder-suicide. The letter writer scoffed at the suggestion that handcuffs and hardcore porn found in the suspect’s possession had anything to do with the murder. They claimed that such “sensationalist journalism” would start […]
Read More Letter to Editor – 8/16/08Originally published in the Fall 2008 GIG Quarterly Magazine of the Gluten Intolerance Group It’s Tuesday morning at the office and one of your coworkers waltzes up to your desk with a box of Krispy Kremes. “No thanks”, you smile. “Aah, come on”, he says. “You look like you could use a donut. And I’m […]
Read More From The Gut – 2008
Truth, Justice, and All-American Allergen-Free Apple Pie 