A Cowboy Vigilante Lassoes a Bike Thief in the Beaver State

Have you guys heard about the cowboy who jumped on his horse and chased down a bike thief last Friday? You heard me right. A guy named Robert Borba was loading dog food and camping equipment into his car when he heard a woman in the Walmart parking lot screaming that someone had just stolen […]

My Kid Made Me Look Racist In Public

I didn’t used to know if kids actually embarrassed their parents by saying super inappropriate things in public, or if that only happened on TV. I thought maybe it just was a convenient comedy device, like kids wearing off-center baseball caps and scrawling backwards letters on their lemonade stand signs as they learned the value of a […]

Where I Try To Figure Out Why People Hate Cats, Part 2

So after chronicling the failed first part of my quest to figure out why people hate cats, I found myself still pondering the question. It isn’t the idea that some people prefer dogs that baffles me so much as the greater social acceptance of outspoken cat hatred. In other words, why is hating all cats a thing […]

Where I Try to Figure Out Why People Hate Cats, Part 1

I don’t know if you guys have heard about this app yet, but recently I signed up for Nextdoor.com. It’s a private social network for the people in your neighborhood where you can post breaking local news events, like upcoming yard sales and block parties. Well, apart from some recent episodes of vandalism, it turns […]

Where I Weigh In On the Cincinnati Zoo Tragedy

I assume, unless you live under a rock, that you’ve heard about the recent gorilla tragedy at the Cincinnati Zoo last weekend. The one where authorities shot a 450-pound endangered gorilla named Harambe who was dragging around a four-year-boy who had crawled into the gorilla exhibit. Because tranquilizers would’ve taken too long to ensure the child’s […]