For those of you who read my feature in yesterday’s SJ-R, which was totally upstaged by Dave Bakke’s goose noir column, I thought I’d share some additional information on crossword puzzles. I did enough research that I could have filled the entire Parade supplement with interesting-at-least-to-me crossword minutiae, but then we would have missed out […]

On the McSweeney’s Web site, they ran a series of short essays celebrating favorite songs. I thought it might be interesting to do the same here. It’s also a good way to keep BFS active without relying too heavily on me to generate content. Your encouraged to post your own essay on your favorite song. […]

I’ve never been a DJ-for-hire, but I would think that to be a good one, it would take more than just a killer CD collection.
I would think that rather than working off a predetermined set list, that you would have to be able to read the audience and see what songs are getting the […]

My interest isn’t normally piqued when a car salesman changes dealerships. In fact, I’m usually not even notified when such transactions take place. But Walt Skube isn’t just any car dealer and as a blogger who enjoys the occasional foray into media critiquing, I would be remiss if I didn’t comment on the news that […]

Although this topic generated a lukewarm response at a Saturday night poker gathering, I believe that it is a topic rife for debate.
I maintain, that despite his many faults and shortcomings, Michael Scott, regional manager of the Scranton branch of Dunder-Mifflin, is not a jerk. He is egotistical, immature, self-absorbed, oblivious, dense, inappropriate, and often […]