With apologies to Anheuser-Busch's Budweiser beer, today's fashion shows are cluttered with beautiful Clydesdales. Seemingly gorgeous models strut their six foot, 100-pound frames down a runway and look like sultry horses.  read more »

Television promised to revolutionize the world. It did. If 500 channels of mediocrity is a revolution. What happened? Lowest. Common. Denominator. The path of least resistance.  read more »

I can't be the only one who's noticed that television news is being infiltrated by blonde bombshells (contrasted in flavor by an occasional Asian female). Is it a journalism degree or Clairol?  read more »

There's probably some statistical or physical (I never made it through Physics in high school) reason why bread, when it falls from the table to the floor, usually does so 'jelly-side' down. Jelly-side up? No mess. Jelly-side down? Get a dog.  read more »

In a word, 'no.' Advertising exists to inform, persuade, entertain, and all with an ulterior motive to cause action; separating your money from you. That's a bit simplistic but at a basic level it's quite true.  read more »

I've known some very rich people. Rich as in worth tens of millions of dollars, some even more. I worked for each in one capacity or another. With few exceptions, there are certain work traits those millionaires have in common. It's how the rich get rich and stay that way.  read more »

I watch American Idol. I like American Idol. With the first four contestants dropped from the Top 24, I'm convinced the contest is rigged.  read more »