Dear Friends:

Another  one of my pieces was published in Grin & Tonic. You can read it here:

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/Monster-Mash-Ups/ba-p/2859

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Hey, man, you got the stuff?

"Stuff," sir?

You know, man, the stuff.

What "stuff" are you talking about, sir?

You know, man—grass, pot, weed.

We don't have anything like that, sir. You might try the plant nursery down the street.

No, man, the stuff—rope, hemp, dope.

We don&r… Read full post »

Dear Friends:

Another one of my pieces was published in Grin & Tonic. You can read it here:

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/The-Strange-Case-of-Dr-Lehman-and-Mr-Hudson/ba-p/2644

Thanks for your encouragement and support.

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Moreover, the operators of [unmanned military] drones, often on the other side of the world, are far removed from the sight, sound and smell of the battlefield. They may make decisions to attack that a commander on the ground might not, treating warfare as a video game.

Ronald Arkin of… Read full post »

...Novels Are Where The Superheroes Are

I am Uatu the Watcher. I am pledged never to interfere in human affairs, merely to observe. (Although I may have broken this vow once or twice in the pages of the Fantastic Four.)  I live on the dark side of the moon, in… Read full post »

Dear Friends:

One of my pieces was published in Daniel Menaker's Grin & Tonic. You can read all five parts here: 

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/Kill-the-Whale-Part-I/ba-p/2546

http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Grin-Tonic/Kill-the-Whale-Part-2/ba-p/25… Read full post »

...Novels Are Where The Superheroes Are 

I am Uatu the Watcher. I am pledged never to interfere in human affairs, merely to observe. (Although I may have broken this vow once or twice in the pages of the Fantastic Four.)  I live on the dark side of the moon,/… Read full post »

Dear Friends:

Below is a transcript of my "appearance" on LeMorningShow today. LMS is a Twitter talk show associated with the Herald de Paris; several other OSers have appeared on it.

The transcript's in reverse chronological order, so you have to start at the end and read backwards to… Read full post »

Dear Friends:

Just a brief note that I will be "appearing" on LeMorningShow Wednesday, April 21st, 9-11 AM EST. LeMorningShow is a Twitter talk show (!), so expect lots of meaningless ephemera. But it is associated with the Herald de Paris, so it's good exposure. 

To list… Read full post »

FROM: Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister, Iceland

TO:       José Manuel Barroso, President, European Union

RE:       Recent Volcanic Activity

Dear José:

How’s the weather over ther… Read full post »

[voiceover] The dream is always the same. Instead of going home, I go to the neighbors’. I ring, but nobody answers. The door is open, so I go inside. I’m looking around, but no one seems to be there. Then I hear the shower running. So I go… Read full post »

My fellow Deutschlanders, I have an important announcement to make.

As you know, the Greeks are up to their long, shapely necks in debt. They’ve been naughty boys and hid the size of their huge, throbbing deficit through some accounting hanky-panky. Now they want Germany to save… Read full post »

Oedipus, my lord, I've got some bad news for you.

I solved the riddle of the Sphinx, I'm king of Thebes, and my wife Jocasta is a smoking hot MILF. What could be wrong, Soothsayer?

It's the budget deficit, Oedipus. I'm afraid it's a bit larger than we… Read full post »

Doctor, I've got this reoccurring dream. 

I'm showering in the men's Congressional locker-room. I've just finished working out in the Congressional gym and feeling pretty good about myself. Bikini seasons coming, and I'm trying to lose a few pounds.

Suddenly Rahm Emanuel appears in the… Read full post »

INTRODUCTION: With the success of the movie "The White Ribbon," lots of tourists we hope will visit our small, isolated village nestled somewhere in der Fatherland. Here are some tips to make your visit more pleasant.

WHEN TO VISIT: The best time to visit is at the end of… Read full post »

“One of the problems is newspapers fired so many journalists and turned them loose to start so many blogs,” Mr. [Alan D.] Mutter [media consultant] said. “They should have executed them.  They wouldn’t have had competition. But they foolishly let them out al/… Read full post »

 Scusami, is this Mr. Tiger Woods?

I'm not talking to the press. Speak to one of my representatives. How'd you get this number anyway? It's suppose to be unlisted.

I am not one of the accursed paparazzi, Mr. Woods. I am Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy. As… Read full post »

Suppose scientists could erase certain memories by tinkering with a single substance in the brain. Could make you forget a chronic fear, a traumatic loss, even a bad habit. Researchers in Brooklyn have recently accomplished comparable feats, with a single dose of an experimental drug [Z/… Read full post »

Midnight. The Oval Office. President Barack Obama is laboring over his State of the Union address. Suddenly the Amazing Spider-Man swings in through the windows.

Spider-Man!

The one and only.

How'd you get in here?

Hey, if the Secret Service can’t keep out a couple of… Read full post »

Peter! Peter Parker!

Who's there? What do you want?

It's me, Peter—your Uncle Ben.

Uncle Ben? But you’re dead! You died in “Spider-Man 1!” And then again in “Spider-Man 3!”

I know, Peter. This is a dream sequence. I always appear to you times of great… Read full post »

Good evening! This is your host, the Masked Mauler, fillin’ in for Jesse "The Body" Ventura. Tonight on A Professional Wrestler Looks At Politics, we've got a real slobberknocker for you—Sarah "The Barracuda " Palin versus Barack "The Chosen One" Obama for the U.S. heavyweight cha… Read full post »

Hello, Sarah.

Hello, Lou.

I’m glad you agreed to meet with me in this secret, undisclosed location, far away from the prying eyes of the news media. Now we can talk in private, off-the-record.

Not a problem, Lou. I love being a plain ol’ soccer mom from Wassila… Read full post »

In Epic Mickey...the title character still exhibits the hallmarks that younger generations know: he is adventurous, enthusiastic and curious. “Mickey is never going to be evil or go around killing people,” [game developer] Mr. Spector said. –the New York Times,  11/04/0/… Read full post »

Dear Friends:

One of my pieces was published in the on-line version of New York Magazine, as part of their Political Fictions contest. You can read it here:

http://nymag.com/news/politics/politicalfictions/62654/

Thank you for your (constructive) criticism and support. Happy Chanukah! Read full post »