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Follow That Cat
From the Wisconsin State Journal on Thursday came a report of a pet cat in Exeter, WI that has lived its entire life in the big old maple tree where it was born. Owner Ron Venden feeds and shelters it...
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Changing the Subject Line: Would You Open That E-mail?
No kidding, I received an e-mail Friday bearing the following subject line: Up to 55% off air transportation (plus, teeth whitening) E-mail is one of the more profitable direct marketing channels,...
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Seven Things (not 10, since I was on vacation) I Learned on Summer Vacation
• If the TV in your rented summer cabin gets only two channels, they will be the evangelism channel and the country western channel. If it gets only one channel sometimes, it’ll be the evangelism...
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This, The Perfect T-shirt Which You Must Have
Buying this t-shirt will rearrange the letters in your horoscope from bills to bliss. After Emily Dickenson slipped into this t-shirt she left the house in Amherst for the first time in ages and shared...
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Top 10 Movies Besides “Cowboys & Aliens” About Things That Don’t Go Together
10. Cowboys & Illegal Aliens 9. Democrats & Republicans 8. Blogging & Profit 7. Chicago Cubs & Victory Parades 6. Limburger & Carpools 5. Civil War Reenactments & Richard...
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A Geriatric Blog
I was reminded by one of our millions* of avid** readers that this weekend marks the 4-year anniversary of SawyerSpeaks. In blog years, that is ancient. It may be scooter time. Thanks for tuning in....
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Intermission
We pause all attempts at humor for a moment to relate a solution to the Wall Street problem, found here on MSNBC.com. If you’d rather entrust your financial future to your local Main Street than to...
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Journey of One
Midnight. A boy sits eating cereal at a small kitchen table on the green of the third hole, a 370-yard dogleg, of the Purrington Hills Country Club. His short legs swing front and back against the...
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Wall Street Traders Manipulating Market With Facial Expressions
New York City – The SEC has charged several Wall Street traders with manipulating financial markets using nothing but their face. Undercover agents capture these traders grinning up and grimacing down...
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Working the angles at Gate 14A
The thing about people is, we’re not to be trusted. We call ourselves civilized society but really we’re standing on the bottom step of the evolutionary ladder and have to grab the railing just to hold...
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CORRECTIONS
In a recent SawyerSpeaks article, The Fabulous Moolah was mistakenly identified as an Emeril Lagasse recipe for salmon casserole. The Fabulous Moolah was a female professional wrestler, now deceased....
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The Style Section: Designer Circumcision
Nip, Tuck & Tailoring… At the House of Larry on 23rd and Park, they’re very excited about plaid this season. Artisanal details we spotted at the design empire’s reveal of its new runway collection...
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LEXICON, HENRY V, and PINATAS of the 21st CENTURY
I was out walking the dog the other night – a protracted endeavor now that he is deceased – and thinking about a word I’d read for the first time: weltschmerz. This is not a sausage but a noun...
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CubiCaller Confusion
This week I observed two mature, successful advertising professionals who long ago mastered such sophisticated hardware and and software as the Mac, PhotoShop, Microsoft Office, the iPad, the iPod, the...
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