Everyday Power Struggles

August 5, 2011

Doctor Joke

DOCTOR JOKES: A fine tradition. My contribution to the canon. And if you’ve never contributed to a canon, be sure to do so from behind.

July 28, 2011

Why do artists do what they do, especially when there’s no money in it? Money is not the only currency. It’s not even the most important.

July 27, 2011

MODERN PROVERBS: Wisdom for little people in big places. In this case, how to navigate crowded escalators without killing anyone.

July 12, 2011

The dark underbelly of an Eddie Vedder tour — his management team, as well as the Chicago Theater crew were, at the time, MISERABLE people.

July 11, 2011

Stop giving away your resources to bad girls. Instead, invest your time, money, energy, and sperm in good women.

June 23, 2011

What’s the difference between street performers and a public nuisance? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. I say, let’s vote on it!

June 20, 2011

EXCUSE ME: In Chicago, nobody has time for good manners. Nevertheless, I carry on as the very model of a modern major gentleman.

June 14, 2011

Like the Pharisees of Jesus’ time, there are Evangelicals today who think that those who suffer must not be right with God.

June 12, 2011

Is one beautiful wife ever enough for one man? The biological roots of how and why the answer is both NO and YES.

June 9, 2011

1.6 million crashes in the US every year involve cell phone use. Texting while driving is (in 2015) the top cause of death among teenagers.

May 20, 2011

I have known women who will avoid looking at a guy because he’s too handsome; then avoid looking at another guy because he’s too ugly.

May 17, 2011

Many men spend years chasing hot women. Then they spend even more time worrying about losing them. Fellas, this is no way to live!