Okay, so I lied. Maybe. Just listen to my side of the story before you judge me. A friend gave me one of those gripper things you use to open jar lids. She said she'd found it at a thrift shop and, remembering I'd said I needed one, she bought it for me. I thanked her … [Read more...]

I hate pornography, not on the usual religious or moral grounds, but because you can get it free anytime, anywhere. You can download incredibly high quality smut off the internet, through your phone, and probably now on your Leapster! Why back in the day – we had to work our … [Read more...]

At 6PM on a Monday my doorbell rings. I’m not expecting anyone, so I walk warily to the front door. I could just ignore the repeated ringing, but I am waiting for UPS to deliver a package – my wife’s birthday gift. I don’t want to miss that. I open the door to find two … [Read more...]

I grew up in a gentler time when my parents could smack the snot out of me with impunity. Mom even went so far as to say that she liked using a wooden spoon because it “stung really good without leaving a mark”. Most muggings are not thought out so well. She needn’t have worried, … [Read more...]

I did not make this one up. Gynophobia is a real, live phobia....The fear of women. Having raised two daughters through their teenage years and having lived with another such creature for most of thirty years, it is comforting to now have a name for my condition. Scientists have … [Read more...]