One thing people learn about me pretty quickly is that I am ridiculously prompt. "Meet me at my house at 7," friends will say, so I'll show up at... More >>

Do you believe in fate? Or is fate something we ascribe after a significant event happens to us? One month ago my friend walked into a bookstore... More >>

Greetings, cultural elite, limousine liberals, bleeding hearts, environmental wackos, Defeatocrats, surrender monkeys, and those who chose the... More >>

There is something magical about going out to eat with good friends. Last week I sat around a table with my work buddies, who tend to the same... More >>

I've been thinking a lot about the Cosco Busan ship that hit the Bay Bridge, causing that terrible oil spill. I imagine a vessel the size of a... More >>

There's an old '90s pop psychology saying, probably from Women Who Love Too Much or, like, The Codependent Peter Pan Who Runs with the Wolves, or... More >>

This week's Bouncer will be a book report of sorts, because what I have considered to be my bible throughout adulthood is getting me through a... More >>

"Hi!" the bouncy bartender said. "We're closing at midnight." It was eleven. I could deal. She then informed me that it was happy hour "all night... More >>

Though I'm not one to brag (ha), I have a pretty sizable record collection. For example, although you only really need one dub album —... More >>

As I embark on this, my third year of Bouncer, it seems appropriate to define my terms. Specifically, a phrase that is thrown around way too... More >>