In a drinker’s life, there are many hard choices: Bourbon or Scotch? Vodka or Gin? Lager or Ale? While I’ve successfully dealt with all of these before, there’s a new dilemma that has me stumped: Beef or Pork? Like the infamous OPB, I might take a pass on this one. Yours truly,Mr. X …eclectic…
Three excellent book reviews for what sound like three terrible books (one of which is on my shelf at home, waiting to be read). First, Reason’s Cheryl Miller rips into Judith Levine’s anti-consumer book, Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping. Levine airily insists that necessities in New York are different from those of a …
My friends and I have a habit of reading fortune cookies at Chinese restaurants and sharing them with each other. Nearly all fortunes are made much more entertaining by the addition of the words “in bed” at the end. Example: “Every exit creates a new entrance.” – trite homily “Every exit creates a new entrance, …
It’s Fall recruitment time and I’m sending out resumes to large law firms to get a coveted summer associate position next year. Probably in a nice firm with a big office and a high salary. Nice as that is, I sometimes think I’d rather be this guy: Prosecutors keep pressuring him to make their lives …
