My Tuesday started with a car accident. In my precious blue 2013 Mazda. Oddly enough, that was far from the most interesting thing that happened to me on Sept. 17.
Who knew this unfortunate event would lead to an encounter…
It’s been about a fortnight since Taylor Swift released her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” It’s been almost three months since the album was announced and I began to call it her “Dead Poets Society.” I did this as it felt…
The twisted-up mind, fever dreamt with drink or un-anchored high, is capable of cognitively reconstructing any phenomena. Here, the event was a birthday— my 20th reconstructed as a microscopic “Fear and Loathing.” No Hunter S. Thompson. No drug-infused lawyer. No company. No…
The teen years are just one of a myriad of trials and customs that I confess I’m unaccustomed to generally, and those of teen girls in particular. Seemingly a millennia ago, I was a particularly dorky teen. This all but ensured I…
“Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” opened Friday March 22, 2024. A sequel to 2021’s “Afterlife,” it continues the story of the Spengler family and teacher Gary Grooberson, played by Paul Rudd. This nostalgia-fueled offering captures the spirit of the franchise but fails to win…
The 96th Academy Awards figured to be a coronation for “Barbie” — one of the biggest films of 2023. Instead, in the national tradition of disrespecting women, it took a backseat to “Oppenheimer.”
According to the Human Rights Watch, more than 96% of the water supply in Gaza is unable to be consumed by humans. People are sick, without healthcare and other basic needs. Palestinians and others in Gaza need your help. A ceasefire is…
I’m hardly a technology prude. I had rooftop solar long before door-to-door salespeople were hocking panels. I had a laptop with wireless internet ages before hotspots existed and mobile phones were flipped open (it was a thing in 1996, look it up). …
She didn’t know it at 15, but today’s Queen of Pop Taylor Swift is doing just as she wrote in her 2008 song “Fifteen.” She is literally dating the boy on the football team, just as she wrote in her lyrics 15…
In a few weeks, the Bay Area’s streets and storefronts again will be beset with card tables guarded by vested purveyors of one the most addictive of substances known to humanity: Girl Scout Cookies. As a “girl dad,” I’m an accomplice, box…