The news has been describing Sean Duffy, an individual who blatantly mocked the deaths of two teenagers while hurting the emotions of the surviving relatives, as an Internet “troll” whereas in reality, he’s just one of the most revolting cyber bullies ever. As a result of his “trolling”, the 25 year old Sean Duffy is now facing 18 weeks in...

I told my friend Tim a funny story about camel drivers.  I had no idea how apt it is.  The drivers put a pebble in the uterus of a camel they are using for a long trip so they won’t get pregnant, a sort of primitive IUD.  This camel driver lifted up the tail of his camel to make sure it had a pebble (you can imagine the moaning protest) and was startled to see an...

When my father died (in the Sixties) my mother went through his things with trepidation. He made his living by traveling (a field representative for an ag wholesale cooperative) and she had always joked that he had a second family somewhere. It’s interesting that she imagined not a mistress but a second family. The issue was not sex but enough income for our family....