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Feb 14, 2011

Old Dog/New Trick

Whose in charge? Is your mind driving you crazy? Do stress and anxiety have you howling at the moon? Then do something about it. Now.

Apr 15, 2010

Pull Up to the Bumper Baby

My favorite car is yellow. It has a meter up front next to the driver who fills the tank, changes the oil, and parks it. All I do is step to the edge of traffic and raise my hand like the pop-quiz whiz-kid who has all the answers. My favortie car is a taxi. For […]

Feb 14, 2010

Amateurs Night

Valentine’s Day is amateur’s night. The guy picks a restaurant he’s never been to that costs more than he’s ever spent. He antagonizes over the menu like he’s dead-man-walking to his last meal. People that never dress, over dress. One time use lilac bridesmaid shoes make a second go as night-out shoes. She wants to […]

Feb 13, 2010

As the Disco Ball Turns

Karneval at Zum Schneider is not to be missed. Not this year. Not ever. Welcome to Disco 7C. Huckapoo shirts, playboy bunny neck bling, and afro wigs in all colors of the rainbow nation are not required but highly represented. Sylvester Disco Daddy and his glittery cast have transformed the sauerkraut und Dinkelacker hall into […]

Feb 10, 2010

Free Love

The economy is frigid. Colder than the blizzard. Free is a new four-letter word. Nearly my favorite. Stay in. The neighborhood that is. Go local. Walking is, after all, still free. On a Sunday night drop-in at Otto’s Shrunken Head. Free live music. A long line-up of bands with short sets and big hair. All night […]

Nov 2, 2009

The World's Oldest Living Playboy

The Sphinx is a big old flirt. By big I mean the biggest monolith in the world. At a whopping 73.5 meters long, 6 wide and 20 tall, he’s huge. And by oldest I mean 5000 years old. As for being a living playboy, well, when you meet him you’ll agree, his language may be […]