If there’s going to be an economic apocalypse at any point, it looks like Guyana can stay fully nourished while the rest of us fight it out over Ho-Ho’s and Ding-Dongs.

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If there’s going to be an economic apocalypse at any point, it looks like Guyana can stay fully nourished while the rest of us fight it out over Ho-Ho’s and Ding-Dongs.


Although I have precious little reason for air conditioning, even in the middle of the summer, I’m glad I have it.

Below is a state-by-state illustration of the percentage of births to unmarried women (there is an old-fashioned way to say that more succinctly). I’m afraid my home state of Louisiana is leading the charge on this one.

I’m a writer. I have written professionally since I was fifteen years old. Given my peculiar interest in comedians, I find it interesting that the men in that field often start off very young as well, such as Gilbert Gottfried and the surprisingly talented Bobcat Goldthwait.
I started writing for national magazines when I was a kid, and I wrote my first published book at sixteen, to be followed by a couple dozen more.
