Wednesday, April 4 2007
Nobody Likes a Quitter
Giving up cigarettes – an odyssey of shame, debasement and despair.
Sunday, March 4 2007
Send/Receive: The Instantly Regretted E-Mail
You know that sick feeling you get when fire off a toxic reply, hit the “send” button, and find yourself peering into the Dark Side of instant global electronic communication?
Tuesday, January 30 2007
Gadgets Gone Wild
The introduction of Apple’s new iPhone prompts a review of that enduring cultural artifact known as The Gizmo.
Thursday, January 4 2007
If You Can’t Say Something Nice…
Our resident wit offers up the excerpts and highlights from the best celebrity roasts in 2006.
Tuesday, November 28 2006
The Situational Ethicist
In which our resident ethical expert contends: Ethics may complicate, but absolute ethics complicate absolutely.
Monday, October 30 2006
Kids’ TV: A Vast Stygian Wasteland
Kinder, gentler, and thoroughly creepy, today’s children’s television is no match for the classics.
Tuesday, October 3 2006
When Harry Googled Sally
A terrifying glimpse of what can happen when modern technology meets Happily Ever After.
Tuesday, September 5 2006
Discovery: Internet!
Join our guide on a tour of the Internet, where stealthy sexual predators, docile digerati, pathetic loners, and vast, roaming herds of the dangerously overinformed roam freely in their habitat.
Thursday, August 10 2006
The Lighter Side of Artificial Intelligence
The scary-smart 20Q AI project asks: Animal, vegetable, mineral or legendary '70s rock star?
Tuesday, June 27 2006
Snakes, Planes and the Triumph of Ironic Appreciation
Does the Snakes on a Plane phenomenon signal the End of Days in Hollywood?
