It's a complete mystery to me.  How my five year old nephew can remember the words to every song he hears.  How he can recite entire passages from movies verbatim. …

My parents are getting older.  They're in their sixties now.  While that's still relatively young by today's standards, they can't do things like they used to.

Every time I…

I was playing Scrabble yesterday and I began to wonder if they televised the Scrabble championships.  They have them, you know, because I've read about them.  But do they televise…

It's not Cheers or Friends or even MASH.  It's not Who's The Boss or Leave It To Beaver or The Brady Bunch.  Nor is it Scooby Doo or Monday Night…

Some might disagree but they'd be wrong.  There are other condiments that run a close second but as far as I am concerned, ketchup is the most important food accompaniment…

Just like the song says, I'm another day older and deeper in debt.  I've always been a fan of birthdays due to that whole "receiving presents" thing.  And check this…

After succumbing to the inevitable metabolism death, I underwent The Great Diet Switch .  Since that fateful day when I swore off regular sodas, I have rarely to…

I never played football growing up because my mom wouldn't let me.  I was accident prone enough without adding eleven guys to the equation, all in pads (read: armor)…

Ass-Effects (Aciphex) may cause diarrhea. Ass-Effects, a real drug actually spelled "AcipHex," is a new drug from Eisai Company, Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan.  The drug's country of origin should explain…

There are two kinds of toilet paper: the good stuff and the other stuff.  The good stuff is fluffy and squeezably soft while the other stuff is scratchy and noticably…