Wheeling and Dealing: The Vatican’s Dirty Secret
Using Vatican diplomatic plates as cover This past Tuesday, while performing a routine search of a Vatican car, police made a rather unexpected discovery, one that included a … Read more
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Lost Journal: The Fighting Irish vs. the Heckling Irish
Journal entry: January 2, 1989 (age 19) – Fighting Irish It was a strange sight. Earlier tonight, about 3 dozen grown men were gathered on a small, backyard … Read more
Lost Journal: The Battle for Orthodontic Independence
Journal entry: October 22, 1984 (age 15) – Taking the braces off I’ve been preparing for this day for years. My parents paid a lot of money to … Read more
Lost Journal: Inside a Dining Hall Slop Room
Journal entry: April 20, 1989 (age 19) – Dining Hall Slop Room Earlier tonight, I stood in an empty, dreary room waiting for the grinding of soulless machinery … Read more
Lost Journal: The Labor Day Housework Marathon
Journal entry: September 7, 2009 (age 40) – Labor Day Housework Marathon This afternoon, I wore a huge, frozen smile as I walked over to my wife, Amanda, … Read more
Lost Journal: Laugh Track – the Next Generation
Journal entry: October 4, 2009 (age 40) – Laugh Track Nothing makes a TV show funnier than a laugh track. Hearing other people’s laughter tells our social brains … Read more
Lost Journal: Early ’80s TV was Preteen Purgatory
Journal entry: February 21, 1981 (age 11) – Early ’80s TV Recently, Hurricane Puberty slammed into my southern coast. My sixth-grade classroom in a Catholic school doesn’t offer … Read more
Lost Journal: Get Your Face Out of MySpace
Journal entry: September 18, 2007 (age 38) – MySpace This guy, “Tom,” on MySpace is the most popular man in America. He’s the corporate “friend” who appears on … Read more
Suing the President: Pandora’s Box of Worms
Nobody can call them a Do-Nothing Congress anymore: they’re suing the president. In a move less surprising than hot dogs at a ballgame, the House of Representatives voted … Read more
The Dear Leader’s Great Appetite
Little is known about North Korea’s “Dear Leader,” Kim Jong-un, but one man survived to talk about him. North Korea is a mythically bizarre land, a nation where … Read more
