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A Conversation With 14-Year-Old Me

Through the magic of High Future Technology, a connection is made and 34-year-old Me in 2011 has a few minutes to chat with 14-year-old Me in 1991. Here’s how it goes down:

2011: Hey, young me. What’s up?

1991: Nothin’. What’s up with you?

2011: Oh, not much. I’m going to see the Thor movie [...]

Oscar Picks and Predictions and Babbling and Such

This is the kind of year that I really love watching the Oscars. I’ve seen most of the movies up for the big awards so I feel fairly well qualified to judge. There aren’t a lot of clear front-runners or obvious winners. And there aren’t many movies nominated for which I feel that an Oscar [...]

Find Out What It Means to Me

You may have heard of the latest tempest in a teacup last week, in which a girl won a match at the Iowa state wrestling championships for the first time ever. Cassy Herkelman won her opening match in the 112-lb. division by forfeit, because her scheduled opponent, Joel Northrup, refused to wrestle her.

Northrup said [...]

Bipartisanship

To Prezidint Obama frum Rep. Broun Heres a drawing of YOU!!!!!

For those wondering whether the shootings in Tucson would ignite a new era of true bipartisanship, an era in which Democrats and Republicans join together to work for the common good of all Americans:

Question:

“What comes of this moment is up to [...]

Code Approved

(Yes, it is the triumphant return of DONUTWORLD and my return, presumably, to semi-regular blogging after a long hiatus. Welcome back, those of you who still have me in your feed readers or follow me on Twitter! Tell your friends, the World’s Greatest Blogger is back in action!)

So DC and Archie have both dropped [...]

Hey, Kids! Comics!

And to think I wondered why girls thought I was a nerd in high school…

The stereotype is that comic book nerds still live in their parents’ basement at age 33. I didn’t, but my comics did.

They were stashed away in a stack of big copier paper boxes in a corner of the [...]

The Alphabets of Pennsylvania

As those of you out there who follow my Twitter feed may have noticed, my beautiful wife and I have been on the road for the last couple of weeks, heading for the wedding of some friends in Connecticut.

Along the way, we saw a whole bunch of the country. On our way to the [...]

In-Sans-Ity

Out of all the annoyance of the completely idiotic LeBron James saga that has dominated far too many headlines this summer comes something genuinely hilarious. Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert wrote an open letter to the team’s fans – promising that the Cavs would win an NBA Title before BronBron does, no less. But the [...]

独立記念日*

Two of my favorite people, as you may know, are Leah and Simon.

Is it because they’re swell folks all around, fun to hang out with and generally good to know? Sure. Is it because Simon was totally psyched to wear a kilt in my wedding, was a fantastic groomsman (how many groomsmen are willing [...]

A Hypothetical Scenario

The scene: June, 2008. Two RECORD COMPANY EXECUTIVES are having lunch in a trendy L.A. restaurant. EXECUTIVE #1, an older guy, is pretending that “cold gin” and a martini are the same thing. EXECUTIVE #2, a young go-getter, is pretending to like kombucha, like people do these days.

EXEC 1: I just don’t know what [...]