Sofa whose cracks organize things instead of swallowing them

My sassy pal Sara is a-comin’ today! I’ve cleaned the house, taken some time off work, and washed the car. What I really should do is make a big pot of coffee. Sara is what you might call irrepressible  [more...]

I’m a pessimistic guy, which is patently obvious to most people who read these little missives. My friend Jon, on the other hand, leads an optimistic and charmed life. Everything he does seems to be a rousing  [more...]

The former dictator Idi Amin has died in a Saudi Arabian hospital. Here is a man who killed up to 400,000 people, plunged Uganda into chaos, and “disgusted the entire civilized world.” And yet, I chuckle  [more...]