I recently interviewed a lovely lady for my local newspaper who was organizing our hometown’s upcoming Christmas celebration. She noted regretfully how children no longer experience the thrill of looking […]

I distinctly remember the summer immediately following my graduation from college. It was my first such season without academic bookends marking a restful reprieve from “real” work. I’d had summer […]

The ghost “So I hear there’s a ghost who lives here?” I say to Dave Whitmore, proprietor of Tetonia’s Dave’s Pubb, as he slides me a Rolling Rock. “Oh, you […]

I had just finished adjusting the angle of my fascinator to the properly impractical angle and was taking in the scene of festooned, feckless fools with satisfaction, eager to join […]

Until January of this year, I had never been to Las Vegas, for obvious reasons. The “Sin City” marketing campaign never appealed to me, because despite the claim that, “What […]

My 2016 Subaru WRX Premium and I just celebrated our three-year anniversary. Yes, we have an anniversary. And yes – it’s worth celebrating!   Three summers ago, I traded in […]

Feminism has achieved its most evil feat to date: causing Henry Cavill, the quintessence of masculine beauty, to fear flirting, lest he be accused of something more sinister. In today’s […]

CareerCast just released its annual list of “the worst jobs in America,” and for the fourth year running, newspaper reporter came out on top. The rankings take into account “hiring […]

I always leave my cowboy friends’ house in a good mood, relaxed from a couple of cans of Coors, and covered in dog fur. It’s the best way to go […]

There exists a prevailing notion that Millennials in general are boring. As a member, myself, of the generation born between 1980 and 2000, I can attest that this belief is […]

What do you call an office Christmas party where there’s no alcohol? Not worth going to. But while alcohol might be the great “social lubricant,” Harvey Weinstein is apparently why […]

I waffled for a week or so, debating internally whether watching Fifty Shades of Grey would be morally conscionable. In the end, I determined that the experience could be a behind-enemy-lines sort […]

I just went through a breakup. At least I think I did. The non-rules of modern dating make knowing such things taboo. Whatever happened, this “uncoupling,” conscious or otherwise, was […]