Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris

It’s always hit or miss with David Sedaris.  His most brilliant work often involves his family and always involves some personal flaw.  His worst work, which can be offensive, belligerent, and nausea inducing, usually involves his views on politics.   I don’t mind David Sedaris having political views or hating conservative-I just don’t want to find these tirades grouped together with his more traditional humor and nostalgia pieces.  Like Squirrel Seeks Chipmonk,  I’d like it better if he wrote this stuff under another name and collected them in separate books, perhaps only available in Iran or North Korea and then…

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Top Ten Team Name Generators

Got a Team but don’t have a Name for it? Seems to be a pretty common problem. Or at least the people making programs to generate team names seem to think it’s a gap that needs to be filled. After all, who could think up something like the Wicked Funny Two-Tailed Swallowtails all on their own? Bowling team names, fantasy football team names, race car team names, sports team names, even if you don’t really need a team name, these are kind of fun to play around with. Nothing inspires a team like a good random team name. So here’s…

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