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How to run for Congress, apparently. Yes, Samuel Wurzelbacher, who played the part of “Joe the Plumber” on the 2008 sitcom “The Presidential Election,” has filed papers to run as a Republican in Ohio’s Ninth Congressional District. In the interest of capitalizing on the “Name, followed by the definite article ‘the,’ followed by an occupation” [...]

Carly & Me

Posted: August 28, 2011 in Friends, Is this thing on?, music

I have a confession to make. I am the man Carly Simon is singing about in “You’re So Vain.” To be fair, I never did think that song was about me. It wasn’t until a few years ago, I was, for no apparent reason, perusing my scarf collection with a friend when she pointed to [...]

Marilyn Monroe was once quoted as saying that if you can make a woman laugh, then you can make her do anything. That may be true. But I say that if you make a woman point and laugh, then you might be a candidate for Viagra. Thankyouverymuch.