The culinary world suffered a big loss the other day. Herb Peterson, the man who invented the Egg McMuffin, died. In 1972, Peterson changed life as we know it by deciding that you could have a sandwich for breakfast. The…

For the second year in a row, I am running the NCAA basketball pool at work. The person who had run it in previous years couldn’t swing it last year, so I stepped in. I didn’t have many problems so…

With some free time and no child to worry about on a Thursday evening, the movie theater beckoned. The stupidity of “Semi-Pro” delivered. Once again, my wife and I proved that you don’t have to use your brain to get…

I really don’t know what to say.

I went looking for something good to watch this morning before the second day of the basketball tournament started. I scored big time as “Meatballs” was one on of the movie channels. I love this movie. I think it doesn’t…

Daylight Savings Time started on a very bad weekend for us. We had an morning commitment on Sunday, which meant we had to get up earlier than usual the day after we lost an hour of sleep. To try and…

I went to work one day a few weeks ago in a Maria-approved outfit. I don’t always have my wife sign off on what I wear, but this particular shirt and tie combination worried me the first time I wore…

R.E.M. hits the road tonight. The tour to support Accelerate, which does not come out for a few more weeks, opens tonight at the Langerado Festival in Florida. Big geek that I am, I will troll the Web tonight looking…

One summer, a few of my friends from college lived in Myrtle Beach. They worked all day laying sod at a golf course. Over the weeks, the novelty of living together wore off, and they started to get on each…

I feel like I really missed a golden opportunity. I have visited Vegas twice in the past 18 months, but didn’t get a chance either time to visit the Hooters Hotel and Casino. Now, I find out, the theme is…