In everyone's life a little Floyd must amble. Floyd is my friend. He is stout with a baby face and a trilly laugh, not unlike a schoolgirl's.... More >>

The deal with the Romantic poets (other than a fashion sense centered around tight velvet trousers) was the idea that art should rush from one's... More >>

I am originally from East Central Illinois. Granted, I grew up in a university town, so we ain't talking Skoal Hollow, Mississip', or nothing,... More >>

Fred had always been a little bit strange, but after he visited the crop circle he got downright weird. "I didn't know it at the time," he said... More >>

"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players," said one wise sage. I believe it was one of those "Will" guys who first... More >>

Is there anything more morose than a parking garage? Is it not a sad, somber structure that spirals down down down amid far-off screeches and... More >>

When last we spoke, I no doubt left you on the edge of your seat wondering whether or not I made it home in my unregistered car before the fuzz... More >>

Let's talk about one of the Seven Deadly Sins: envy. There are a lot of people who I envy, not so much for who they are but for what they have.... More >>

I have some great ideas for bumper stickers. First, there is my George Bush-themed line. Picture if you will the familiar "W" sticker on the... More >>

I need to come clean about something, gentle reader. I haven't been drinking. I'm not supposed to imbibe because I had surgery, and I run the... More >>