The  last time someone tried to make Thanksgiving Dinner exciting again was when  Joey got that gigantic turkey stuck on his head on an episode of “Friends“. BTW, Mr. Bean is still looking for his royalty check from that blatantly obvious lift. There’s nothing wrong with sitting down to a sumptuous banquet of carbs with [...]

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A person who knowingly pilfers other co-worker’s meals from the staff lunch room is the same troll you experience in other facets of your day to day. This is someone who will also cut in line at the movie theater, after spotting someone they know. Or that person who brings 15 items to an 8 [...]

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Due to Hurricane Sandy & her stubborn efforts to remain a CNN headline for as long as tropically possible, many East Coast households are waking up to a much larger pile of leftover Halloween candy this year. Here are a few ideas on how to transform your plastic jack-o-lantern pail extras into drinks and dishes [...]

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For your enjoyment, please have at a plethora of Halloween themed magazine and newspaper advertisements, spanning those quaint decades before the internet and cable television ruined children. A simpler era when you weren’t afraid to hand out apples to a group of costumed kids at the door,  in fear they would burn your house to [...]

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If a kid waddles eight blocks, wearing a horrible, motion constricting Halloween costume comprised of his dead Grandmother’s clothes, high heels and a few strategically placed pillows, the least you can do is pony up some decent candy when he comes a knocking. And before you start patting yourself on the back for not giving [...]

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The days of pulling off a successful Halloween party by blindfolding a rec room full of gullible kids, plopping peeled grapes into their grubby little mitts & telling them they’re palm deep in witch eyeballs are long gone. Now, thanks partially to the Saw movies but mostly Martha Stewart, upping the ghoulish party ante has [...]

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Pity the young. All year long they are subjected to the often maligned fashion whims of their respective parental units. To add plaid insult to polka dotted injury, Halloween proves to be the cherry on top of an already traumatic fashion sundae. Here are some valid examples of why your kids, once fully grown, will [...]

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The Food Network could easily have its own reality show revolving around the world of tattoos. Guy “Dragonball Z hair” Fieri would roam the country in between his DD&D gig, meeting passionate food enthusiasts that were now regretting a ridiculously inept tattoo etched into their doughy flesh for eternity. If contestants successfully complete a series [...]

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Many cereals aspire to have the staying power of Tony the Tiger and his Frosted Flakes. Cereal companies are forever trying to reinvent the bowl. Sometimes a quick influx of cash comes by capitalizing on a hot trend or passing fad. Fueled by Saturday morning cartoon hits, box office movie smashes or even peculiar characters [...]

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Ask any Amish and they’ll tell you knitting or crocheting is old school. Its been around since butter required churning. Long before that sexy Cop, Harrison Ford went undercover and turned their simple world upside down. I remember my Grandmother sitting in her rocking chair for hours on end, knitting her way through what seemed [...]

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