Susie and John are visiting us for the week of Thanksgiving. Also visiting: Susie's unborn child, "Beet." Yesterday Susie and Leonard put together a nice spread. Folks chose from a whole chicken, gravy, dressing (a.k.a. …
Sometimes I feel like Ozymandias and sometimes I feel like the hot dog is ignoring me.
I've seen a spate of movies recently. Casino Royale I saw with my sister as part of our ongoing Bond movie tradition, started a decade ago during a bored week in India. Man, there are …
Protected by the Secret Service, one of President Bush's daughters still gets her purse stolen in Buenos Aires.
The best of Overheard in the Office includes firings, drug tests, blasphemy, ninjas, Ann Coulter, complaint, employee recognition, and delighting your customers. I have submitted a couple but they aren't headsmack enough.
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Zed, I paraphrase you in this one. My guess: It takes so much effort to write and hone a skit that too many writers and actors are reluctant to give up on a subpar one.
You may have noticed that my column runs on Sundays, while it used to run on Thursdays. This means that it's no longer in the same section as the comics. Not that I read newspaper …
Right after the sysadmin solves a five-hour problem with an obscure SQL Server command (sp_updatestats): Me: Is that something you have to do manually, or something that it automatically updates every once in a while? …
Man, Diana Abu-Jaber's next book won't be out for another year. To tide me over, I reread my interview with her from last year. Do you watch television at all? I kind of watch vicariously …
