Take St. John’s Wort For Haiti

I did what I was supposed to do, after all of Haiti fell down.  I examined my skill sets, and, realizing that I was not qualified as a search and rescue expert, and I’m not a medical or health care professional, the only thing I could possibly do was get off of my wallet and [...]

Another Day, Another Evangelist Gets His Ass Handed To Him

I’d never heard of Todd Friel until I stumbled across this interview he did with one of the great intellects of our time, Christopher Hitchens. I first found Hitchens when I read his autobiography of Thomas Jefferson, which I recommend to anyone interested in the authorship of our great country.
Hitchens, of course, has spent a [...]

Used Car Saleman Perverts Molecular Biology for Jesus Christers

I’ve gotten this video emailed to me twice, and have seen it posted on various social networking sites several times.  Each time the poster or sender has expressed their awe and wonder at how their god and/or god’s son Jesus has put their own personal trademark, that of the cross (ugh), into the very fiber [...]

Yo No Se Quando Vo A Ir

“Worker Falls to Death In Grain Bin,” read the story in the local paper, the one and only such publication in our market area, which makes for great print journalism.  I shuddered, because when people die in grain bins, it’s usually because they got trapped in the grain itself, and suffocated in the oats, wheat, [...]

Tailgate Nazis

Below is a letter that I sent to the Dispatch last year, after witnessing the “crackdown” on open containers at tailgating events before OSU football games.  It actually got published.  I have nothing against the law enforcement community, except for when they are killing my buzz.

Dear Editor:

I would like to relate to the public at-large [...]

Chicken Letter

This was a letter to the Editor, written by me to the Columbus Dispatch in response to a ridiculous item about chickens being released in the hallways of Thomas Worthington High School.

First, the article as it appeared…

4 SENIORS PUNISHED FOR FOWL INCIDENT

Worthington official says the students will miss graduation

Four seniors who set chickens loose in [...]