In recent years, the underbelly of the serving industry has come out of the shadows to become a permanent part of pop culture. With books like Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica landing on The Oprah Show and movies like The Slammin Salmon on regular rotation on Comedy Central, it’s increasingly difficult for the server...
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This review is by guest blogger Susan. It’s been said that over thirty percent of online users are doing it. Online dating, that is. As a 40-something woman possessing a limited social network, who recently moved to a new city, I admit to being in that thirty percent. I’ve been dating online longer than I...
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“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” ~ Oscar Wilde On Tuesday morning, July 20th, I woke up and went to work just as I’d done for nearly 7 years, only to find that my company had “downsized”, and I wasn’t to be a part of the new, slimmer company. I...
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After the Twilight books were derided for being poorly written and too full of teen angst, people quietly starting devouring an alternative: Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy. Although the series is technically geared toward the same age group (teenagers), The Hunger Games is infinitely more dark and disturbing. In fact, after I finished...
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Introduction to the Introduction Serendipity: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for This post was for me what the “Spruce Goose” was for Howard Hughes; a big project that didn’t take off as expected. That is, until today, when, like manna from heaven, the perfect set-up arrived on...
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Warning: Goodshit is not safe for work, kids, or judgmental people. Seriously. GoodShit is Fred Lapides: postroad at hotmail.com. Fred, as it turns out, isn’t your typical blogger. He posted a story of mine on his website a few days ago, and the traffic jumped up considerably. Naturally, I wrote to thank him, and...
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This isn’t exactly news, not by any stretch of the imagination. “The Crying of Lot 49” was published in 1966, and was listed in TIME as one of the “100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.” Apparently, some people really like the book. And some people give a f@$! what Pat Robertson says....
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Oh to be Julie Powell. The blogging darling of “Julie & Julia” fame. The gal who cooked her way through “The Art of French Cooking,” getting in touch with her inner Child along the way in her charming, too-small apartment. The gal with the doting husband, who puts up with her all-kinds of culinary...
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Part 1 Open An autobiography by Andre Agassi Illustrated. 386 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $28.95 I started reading the reviews of this book as soon as they were posted, and virtually all of them, with the exception of a few, sounded something like this: “Oh my God, Agassi did METH! And he LIED about...
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This article, published in the New York Times on October 19, 2009 is what started the whole thing: For Decades, Puzzling People With Mathematics Mr. Gardner’s favorite puzzles are the ones that require a sudden insight. That aha! moment can come in any kind of puzzle, but there’s a special pleasure when the insight...
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