A. Anacin episode: The huge headache you get when being informed that the factory where you have slogged for the past thirty-two years is closing down because the labor is cheaper in Tijuana, Mexico. B. Bloomingdale moment: When you suddenly realize the exact same raincoat that … [Read more...]

Thud. I hear something in my window. I look at my clock. 2:17am. I’m in St. Paul, MN in bed in my cute apartment in a questionable neighborhood, alone. I start to panic. Burglar? Thud…I get out of bed and go to the window, cause clearly if it’s an intruder, the safest thing to do … [Read more...]

Just like everyone in the Northeast has a favorite road rage swear word, so too does every man, woman, and child in the urban Northeast have a favorite diner, and I mean everyone: Steak-lovers, vegans, politicians, Average Joes, kids, seniors, people who put ketchup on their … [Read more...]

Uh-oh. A black-and-yellow fuzzball the size of a winged guinea pig is straddling my sandwich. Whew! It’s a bumble bee, not a wasp. In the bug world, bees are the football linemen, intimidating yet mild-mannered, usually history majors. But the wasp families, including hornets and … [Read more...]