"I love it when the bar is like this," she says through red lips like moist pillows.

"You mean empty?" I light a cigarette and watch her doe eyes frown at me: a physical opposition to the happiness of her curling lips.  Read More »

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Isn't "black security guard" an oxymoron?

What color do Native Americans turn when they get embarrassed?

Is it accurate to assume every physically disabled guy is a handyman? Read More »

"I never thought I'd see the day that the majority of American protestors would be employed, racist white people.  Either we've come full circle, or we missed the whole damn shape."

--Some old Dude, on the Tea Party. 

It's been 3 years since the good folks at Sumo sent me their original bean bag creation, the Omni. (Who are we kidding, I barely know them—they could be bad folks who sell awesome chairs, I don't really care. Read More »

I've been giving mainstream news my usual occasional glances and recently noticed that quite a few people are upset that a mosque may be one of the buildings put in near Ground Zero in the NYC, which is New York City (that's right, I'm borrowing from The Situation now; I'm more disappointed than you are but it had to be done). Read More »

(Para's handwriting is on top, my serial killer-style block letters are on bottom. It's sad when a 10-year-old girl learning her second language has better handwriting than a native speaker—and writer.)   Read More »

I used to think America owned the rights to the greatest beer commercials. Who can forget the Budweiser frogs, Bud Ice penguins, the Wazzup Guys, or the Tastes Great/Less Filling guys (actually, they were really forgettable). Even the Dos Equis ads rock. The Canucks also rock with the Labatt's bear and well, that's about it.  Read More »

Taylor:  You need to write something like, classic Nate.  You know, for old time's sake. 

Me:  We don't have any old times. 

Taylor:  Dude, I was reading you long before I met you.  Trust me, we got old times. 

Me:  Now you're freaking me out a little.   Read More »

Koreans love to drink. Mostly beer and soju (rice wine). I'm not the biggest beer person in the world, and definitely not a wino. So I decided to find some other liquor. Scotch is really expensive, as is most whiskey in the ROK (Republic of Korea). However, I found a few bottles of mystery booze. Here's what they looked like: Read More »

(kc and a Korean 40) Read More »

Mornin', Magical Molluscs!

Well, Spain has gone home with the World Cup (or statue; thanks Andrei!), the various team captains are chained nude in the dry well in my baseme...er, returning  to their home countries; and Paul the Psychic Octopus, who successfully predicted the winner of each and every match, has officially retired back to the bottom of the sea to spend his winnings on Aqua-whores with Ariel and Sebastian (you didn't think he was giving the stuff out for free, did you?) rather than ending up in seafood gumbo or squid ink pasta. Read More »

 
 (Doesn't that just warm your heart?) Read More »

The following began as a Yelp review, and ended as a really awesome Yelp review. Thus, a blog entry.

I showed up at the Atlantic Station Express today to return a pair of $23 jeans I had purchased at a different Express store. What happened in the 11 minutes I spent in the Atlantic Station store is almost beyond belief. Read More »

Here are ten things I learned from this year's MLB All Star Game:

I don't care if it's protocol or tradition or what, having Charlie Manuel jog out onto the field borders on senior citizen abuse. 

Manager Joe Girardi elected not to use Alex Rodriguez in the All Star game because Alex Rodriguez is not a "True All Star." Read More »