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April 15, 2005 Dear Conclave of Cardinals, I hope this letter, and the enclosed résumé, does not arrive too late for me to be considered for the position of Pope. It has long been a goa  

God bless Jose Canseco. Really. God bless every rippling, bulging, disproportionate, fatless ounce of him. His admission, endorsement and portrayal of steroid use in the pursuit of baseball superst  

Pre-dawn. Post-alarm clock. I, Bob, an acknowledged sentient entity, the man I know and have never quite warmed up to, do not brew the coffee. No. My alter ego, an anonymous cataleptic mass of coh  

DETROIT, MICH., Jan. 24, 2005 -- The biggest news to come out of this year's North American International Auto Show, concluded last Sunday in Detroit, was the joint announcement by the Big Three aut  

Every December, periodicals and news programs are lousy with recaps of the year's biggest, best and worst world, national and local events. I hate that. Around this same time, Christmas cards fill   

Day 1: I am alone. Abandoned. Mateless. The Partner, a successful consultant to large corporations in need of role models for their unsuccessful consultants, left a few hours ago for a "short term   

Dear Sane, You know me. You just don't know it. I'm the bushy-bearded guy you'll occasionally spot who wears the zipped-to-the-neck goose down parka and thermal hunting cap in 90 degree summer hea  

Have there been mistakes? Absolutely. Miscues? Certainly. False starts, errors in judgment, misunderstandings, failures, tailchasing, inadequacies, ineptitudes, sloth, cowardice? Yes, all those.