This is a great interview:  “The Company That Solved Health Care.”  Leave it to an Marine to fix things.

I couldn’t have done anywhere close to the job of remembering Leslie Nielson that David Zucker did.

I hope to remember this passage: The plague of prolonged illness is the constant tendency one has toward self-pity.  It is an affliction that I try harder to reject than the physical pains which, in spite of everything, daily intensify.  While I believe that 90 percent of the battle resides in one’s positive state of […]

I just sent the complaint below to Delta Airlines.  I recommend you all follow my lead. Today was my first encounter with the new TSA screening procedures. I opted out of the potentially dangerous X-ray scan, and was therefore treated to having my genitals touched by a complete stranger, on risk of a $10,000 fine […]

Beaver’s mom has passed away at 94. Let’s honor her by harkening back to her most memorable scene:

Holy cow, this song takes me back.  It was my junior year of college when this was getting airplay, and I finally had a girlfriend!  And she was everything I’d ever dreamed about:  heart-meltingly beautiful, and smart, and sweet and kind and on and on. She still is.

I had a chance since my previous post about Steven Johnson to check his books out.  I need to read them — they look phenomenal. And I also had the misfortune of reading another pantload from that braying ninny Thomas Friedman.  You know, I kind of liked The World is Flat, though I pointed out […]

My buddy Brian convinced me to invest in tickets to see Stevie Ray at the Memphis Mud Island Ampitheatre — which I was dubious about; they were second-row seats, but “Possibly Obstructed.”  I pictured the worst. And got the best.  Not only were the seats pretty much completely unobstructed (except for some speakers partially blocking […]

I’ve always loved “I Got a Line On You” by Spirit. Of course, in addition to this hit song, the band was also instrumental in launching the career of Jay Ferguson. For both reasons, they hold a respected spot in the pantheon of American Music.