Let’s face it: remaining monogamous in a sex-crazed society has its challenges. Imagine living your entire life in a grocery store and only being allowed to eat bagels. Sure, bagels are wonderful, and you can always spice them up with various condiments, like cream cheese or peanut butter, but at some point, you’re going to start fantasizing about those delicious-looking ... Read More »
As we get ready to vote again on the issue of same-sex marriage, one question remains on everyone’s mind: What has changed since 2009? Well, for one thing, both sides are now using names that indicate they support marriage. In the last campaign we had “Equality Maine” against “Stand for Marriage Maine.” The choice was pretty clear. You either liked ... Read More »
What makes us happy? Getting what we want, of course. Uh, wait. Not so fast. As it turns out, we human beings aren’t very good at connecting what we want to what will actually make us happy. Thus, getting what we want makes virtually no difference in our happiness. Daniel Gilbert, Harvard psychology professor, wrote about this phenomenon in his ... Read More »
Poor old Paul LePage. He may have his flaws, but the media really love to go all out in picking him apart. They really have it in for this guy. Why? What did he ever do to them? I mean, every time he tells even the tiniest, slightest little bold-faced lie, they are all over him. The man can’t even ... Read More »
My wife has a consistent policy about walls, which is that they”re not the right color. Actually, she has very similar policies about everything else in the house. The furniture, the windows, the dishes, the husband – all of them are significantly flawed and would be replaced, if only we had the money. This is why we just moved all ... Read More »
I almost never use this space to promote charity events and groups. All the truly good causes in this world are not very funny. Take human trafficking. Yes, I love to do what I can to help prevent 11-year-old girls from being sold into sex slavery in a seedy Haitian warehouse full of mangy rats and hypodermic needles and copies ... Read More »
Everything you need to know about the United States of America can be gleaned from the “check engine” light in my car. Have a look. It’s a picture of an engine outlined in yellow, and it’s been on since early July. You see, the automobile has evolved into a brilliantly engineered, yet impenetrably complex machine, equipped with electronic sensors and ... Read More »
Mitt Romney knows that the vast majority of Americans under 35 would never vote for him, even if he promised them free energy drinks and Internet access for life. The non-wrinkly voters among us still seem to favor Obama by overwhelming margins. No matter how much you may disagree with his policies, you can’t deny the fact that we currently ... Read More »
Chances are you are finding these words in a newspaper, on my blog, or inscribed on a roll of toilet paper in a bookstore restroom (my first draft). In any case, you are a consumer of words. Look at you go, you word consumer! You just continue to gobble them up, this very instant, zooming from paragraph to paragraph like ... Read More »
My turn with the flu again. This is God’s way of reminding us that, even if we think we’re big and mighty, with our modern plumbing and electricity and pizza delivered in under 30 minutes or it’s free, we’re still vulnerable to microbes that could kill us if we make one wrong move. I’m not totally convinced God works that ... Read More »
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