Somehow I missed the news that one of the members of One Direction was making googly eyes at Justin Bieber’s mom. The informant was Selena Gomez, so it must be true. The crew at WKQI-FM’s Mojo in the Morning, of course, was completely up to date, and Mojo raised the subject when Bieber dialed Channel … Continue Reading →

Connor had a gymnastics meet in Ann Arbor Saturday, which meant we witnessed the city of the maize and blue turning green and … well, I’m not sure what you’d call it, but whatever the color of spilled beer is. Truth is, it was a hoot — from the students crowding front porches and doing … Continue Reading →

Alex Meraz plays a werewolf named Paul in the “Twilight” series, splendidly I’m sure. I just received an exclusive e-mail bulletin from Life & Style Weekly informing me that he and his lovely wife Kim are expecting their second child. They named their first one Somak, which should probably be a disqualifier from further progeny, but that’s … Continue Reading →

Chevrolet Volt Gun Rack Installation Newt Gingrich has taken to including a line in his stump speech about how you can’t put a gun rack in a Chevrolet Volt. It’s a roundabout and entertaining way to declare his deep bond with gun owners. As GM points out, you rarely see a gun rack in any sedan. But in … Continue Reading →

Pete Hoekstra took dead aim at two apparently vital constituencies with that commercial he ran during the Super Bowl: Xenophobes, and second graders. Xenophobes will surely appreciate the message from a Chinese-American actress who stops her bicycle alongside a rice paddy. “Your economy get very weak,” she says, in an odd mix of perfect diction … Continue Reading →

Sean Reilly has been a vegetarian since high school, which puts him decades aead of Prince Fielder and a lifetime ahead of me. After I noted that the Detroit Tigers’ new first baseman was the heftiest vegetarian I’d ever seen, Reilly weighed in from Austin, Texas, with an insightful perspective. Fielder, for the record, said … Continue Reading →

Yes, I gently tapped my horn the third time your hulking SUV drifted out of the right lane into my lane on Third Street this morning. But instead of staring at me in irritation and disbelief as you slowed to make your right turn onto Lafayette, you might have considered GETTING OFF THE DAMNED PHONE.  Just … Continue Reading →

Oh, well.

Because nothing quite says Christmas like Parmesan and Bloody Mary mix, I found myself exiting a CVS a few hours ago. The drugstore didn’t actually have Bloody Mary mix — I found that later at a gas station, where I was also able to purchase some festive vodka — but it did have the cheese … Continue Reading →