DADWAGON

Last night, while we were sitting on the couch after dinner, Jean turned to me and said, “I think I’m going to have a shower.” Actually, she didn’t turn to me. She was looking at something—maybe the TV, maybe a magazine. I’m not really sure, because I was looking at something, too, maybe the TV [...]

Oh, the things you learn about on Twitter: celebrities, stray thoughts, and this, from one of my former colleagues at Harper’s: “Hume’s mother’s mother was his father’s father’s wife. This, says Baier, may have caused his ‘obsession’ with incest.” Baier you can look up yourself. I’m too busy. But Hume, for those who don’t read Harper’s, [...]

Dear Congressman Weiner, I know I’m a little late in writing to you. By now, we’re all hoping, the city and the country have moved on to other, more important things than the (your?) much-Twittered crotch shot. But on the off chance that everyone is still obsessed with it, I just wanted to tell you [...]

In my Twitter travels today I kept noticing a wee hashtag pop up here and there — #LysolMoms — usually accompanied by a bit of mockery. So I clicked around the cybernet highway until I found what the fuss was all about: a Twitter Party tonight! Hosted by Lysol! And moms! Because moms love to [...]