Humor

"The jury found Thomas and Madison Square Garden sexually harassed Anucha Browne Sanders." [http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3046010&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines] Madison Square Garden? That makes the most brutal gang attack look tame. __________ Oh, those subtle types at the networks!

Columbia University has standards after all: It fires a professor who leaves an obscene note on another professor's door. Of course, the fired professor has a believable defense. People have mis-characterized his note: Besides, Hyams said, the note he wrote had said "Jack sucks donkey d---"

Man, brutal weekend. Over five hours spent at the local youth athletic field on Saturday, then middle-kid duty for about six hours while my wife attended band and soccer functions at locations more than an hour away. I slept like a rock Saturday night, but woke up feeling like a

> A man who bought a smoker Tuesday at an auction of abandoned items might have thought twice had he looked inside first. > Maiden police said the man opened up the smoker and saw what he thought was a piece of driftwood wrapped in paper. When he unwrapped it,

Hand-cut swastika in a field of corn [http://www.nbc10.com/news/14193066/detail.html]. People are pretty worried. I find hate and wannabe haters boring. I am, however, impressed with the proportionate cut-job the Nazi clowns pulled off. Check out the picture at the site. __________ Okay, I'll

Long weekend: Seven hours on the road for junior football games on Saturday, soccer game Sunday afternoon, marching band performance at football game Friday night. Monday is here. Celebrate good times. __________ I find this significant. B16 isn't exactly a guy who flits with the political climate and popular

Hey, I just learned that Rod Stewart and I have something in common: We both want to know if chicks want our bodies. Naw, just kidding: We both have seven children. Of course, he used serial polygamy to get his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart#Relationships] and Rousseau-like

Dog People, Episode 265,988 (perhaps the most wicked and disturbing episode yet): Dogs that are brought to the Bunter Hund cafe in the Austrian capital Vienna will be given special beer for canines, pretzels and traditional Bavarian veal sausage just like at the real Oktoberfest [http://www.ananova.com/

A reader of this blog is grappling with New Age-type nuns in her parochial school. She wrote to me, wanting to know if I could shed any light on these five things: 1) Children of Abraham 2) The Healing Circle 3) The Cosmic Walk 4) The Cosmic Voyage 5) Labyrinth